It’s hard to imagine being able to enjoy the pleasures of senior love’n when you are really hurting from arthritis. Of course you won’t be able to use the wild and crazy positions and activities that you enjoyed when you were younger and healthier.
But it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the comfort and pleasure of senior love’n even though you do have lots of pain and limited mobility from your arthritis.
Sex, for all ages, can be soothing and healing rather than something to be avoided. Making love, having sex, triggers the release of endorphins. These are your body’s natural painkillers. The effects of endorphins, lowering the pain you experience, can last for hours.
One of my counseling couples shared with me that when one of them was really hurting they planned on having sex before going to sleep. They said they always slept more deeply and more comfortably after making love. At that time, the role of endorphins was not as understood as it is now, but we all agreed that they didn’t have to get “scientific validation” to enjoy the unexpected side effects of their love’n.
Endorphins are triggered by a wide variety of activities including massage, holding one another and gentle touching as well as kissing and other activities that are often thought of as more sensuous.
Sometimes it pays to plan ahead, taking your medicines so they will be at peak effects during your lovemaking time. Or, taking a warm shower or bath before you make love. Maybe you could shower together to get the benefits of both the warm water and snuggling while you wash each other.
Some couples will plan a quieter day, with less strenuous activity so they have more energy later in the day for making love. Or plan on morning love’n when they are most rested and pain free.
The two of you get to decide what’s best, what’s most pleasurable, and what is most effective in diminishing the pain you are experiencing.
For more on senior love’n and arthritis, including positions and practices that help see http://satisfyingseniorsex.com/arthritis
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