A few weeks ago I partially tore two tendons in my ankle--the Achilles and the anterior fibular tendon--which has left me in a lot of pain. I've been staying off my ankle as much as possible in order to allow it to heal naturally without surgery (doctor's advice). However, this has left me with a rather stiff calf/shin, and a boring sex life (especially since I ended up overworking the injury this past weekend, making it worse).

The problem is being on my knees for some time puts a lot of pressure on the muscles in my lower leg, leading to cramping, pain, and the oh so pleasant charlie horse while making love. (Keeping my foot flat puts too much tension on the AFT, while flexing the foot tenses the Achilles.) My partner and I have been doing a lot of missionary as of late, which is getting extremely boring.

Other than buying support aids, do you have any advice? Can you think of any good positions to take the pressure off? We are willing to get pretty creative at this point! In particular something that keeps the female in control is preferable, but all I can think of tend to involve painful positions for me (kneeling or squatting). Advice would be great! less

A few weeks ago I partially tore two tendons in my ankle--the Achilles and the anterior fibular tendon--which has left me in a lot of pain. I've been staying off my ankle as much as possible in order to allow it to heal naturally without surgery (doctor's advice). However, this has left me with a rather stiff calf/shin, and a boring sex life (especially since I ended up overworking the injury this past weekend, making it worse).

The problem is being on my knees for some time puts a lot of pressure on the muscles in my lower leg, leading to cramping, pain, and the oh so pleasant charlie horse while making love. (Keeping my foot flat puts too much tension on the AFT, while flexing the foot tenses the Achilles.) My partner and I have been doing a lot of missionary as of late, which is getting extremely boring.

Other than buying support aids, do you have any advice? Can you think of any good positions to take the pressure off? We are willing to get pretty creative at this point! In particular something that keeps the female in control is preferable, but all I can think of tend to involve painful positions for me (kneeling or squatting). Advice would be great! less

The first thing that comes to mind is having him sit in a chair. You can straddle him, and if the chair is high enough this would take the pressure off your legs... but I don't know how much control you'll have.

You can also try standing - grab the back of his neck, and have him hold your legs under the knees so you don't have to hold on with your legs.

If you're willing to give up control, you can lie face down with your legs together, and he can straddle you and enter you from there. Like doggie, but laying down and with the woman's legs closed. I've only tried this once, so I can't completely vouch for this position, but it seemed to work pretty well. less

The first thing that comes to mind is having him sit in a chair. You can straddle him, and if the chair is high enough this would take the pressure off your legs... but I don't know how much control you'll have.

You can also try standing - grab the back of his neck, and have him hold your legs under the knees so you don't have to hold on with your legs.

If you're willing to give up control, you can lie face down with your legs together, and he can straddle you and enter you from there. Like doggie, but laying down and with the woman's legs closed. I've only tried this once, so I can't completely vouch for this position, but it seemed to work pretty well. less

A few weeks ago I partially tore two tendons in my ankle--the Achilles and the anterior fibular tendon--which has left me in a lot of pain. I've been staying off my ankle as much as possible in order to allow it to heal naturally without surgery (doctor's advice). However, this has left me with a rather stiff calf/shin, and a boring sex life (especially since I ended up overworking the injury this past weekend, making it worse).

The problem is being on my knees for some time puts a lot of pressure on the muscles in my lower leg, leading to cramping, pain, and the oh so pleasant charlie horse while making love. (Keeping my foot flat puts too much tension on the AFT, while flexing the foot tenses the Achilles.) My partner and I have been doing a lot of missionary as of late, which is getting extremely boring.

Other than buying support aids, do you have any advice? Can you think of any good positions to take the pressure off? We are willing to get pretty creative at this point! In particular something that keeps the female in control is preferable, but all I can think of tend to involve painful positions for me (kneeling or squatting). Advice would be great! less