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How long does javelin arse last?

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TiffanyAchingsHatFullofSky · 29/01/2022 22:20

It happened to me last week for the first time in ages. It lasted about 5-6 seconds.

I was just wondering whether, when we describe javelin arse, are we all experiencing the same thing?

Does it only last a few seconds for others as well?

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MrsAvocet · 29/01/2022 23:27

I get it for about 15-30 mins usually, only at night. Sometimes it wakes me up in the middle of the night. Fortunately not very often - once every few months probably. It's bloody horrific.

EvilPea · 29/01/2022 23:25

I get it when ovulating. I also get ovulating pain.

For me it’s clusters of upto 10 seconds a spasm. When the clusters have gone on a bit I just take nurofen.

Fink · 29/01/2022 23:25

I have read every post on this thread trying to work out what you're all talking about. Where is this pain? In the anus or all over the bum? And what are fanny daggers? How have you all got pains I've never heard of?!

ZigZagCat · 29/01/2022 23:23

Aye, I call them 'recal stabs' and they appear completely random. My brother got them, so nothng to do with ovulation.

Woahbodyforrrrm · 29/01/2022 23:23

I'm genuinely sorry for those of you who suffer more then a few seconds with this! That is no joke 💐.

On another note, my DH also gets JA.

Woahbodyforrrrm · 29/01/2022 23:22

Ahhhh I've not had a bout of javelin arse

SD1978 · 29/01/2022 23:20

Can last up to about 20 minutes here. Nothing helps or relieves it, usually rocking on the edge of the bed at least makes me mentally feel better, but I hate it.

MountainDweller · 29/01/2022 23:20

@PAFMO pouch of Douglas?

Mine was caused by endometriosis in the pouch of Douglas and a recto-vaginal nodule that grew fucking enormous because I was fobbed off for 8 years.

Three surgeries and years of GnRH drugs and now I have no more javelin arse (which used to happen when I sat down, because it put pressure on the area concerned).

Charley50 · 29/01/2022 23:19

Little man with the pointy metal stick. Can last up to 15 seconds with me.

shivabeaver · 29/01/2022 23:18

Javelin arse does feel like a muscle spasm and for me only lasts a few seconds. I also get a weird muscle spasm in the left side of my back sometimes, which feels like I am being compressed. Have to stretch it out and it releases with a clunk feeling. Bodies are weird Hmm

Changemaname1 · 29/01/2022 23:18

Javelin arse 🤣🤣 normally only a few seconds thank god !

RuperttheBearHug · 29/01/2022 23:17

Fascinated to see others experience this too. I actually saw a GP about this in my early 20s. For me I only get it at night - usually while I’m asleep and I wake up in agony. It also seems to have some connection to if I semi orgasm in my sleep so I always had it down as a form of cramp. Like a pp at its worst I have blacked out, laid on cold bathroom floors sweating and tried not to vomit. Nothing relieves it other than a long spell on the toilet. Luckily it only happens once a month max.

AndStand · 29/01/2022 23:17

Again....it's not ovulation pain because men get it too!

amusedbush · 29/01/2022 23:15

I feel really hard done by after reading this thread. I only get javelin arse once or twice a year but it's brutal and lasts for several minutes. Last time it happened in the middle of the night and it woke me up. I was frozen on my front, sweating, gripping the edge of the mattress and I could barely breathe until it passed. I started to wonder if that was it for me Blush

shivabeaver · 29/01/2022 23:14

It's not ovulation pain, I get that too and it's completely different.

amusedbush · 29/01/2022 23:14

@FunnysInLaJardin

its ovulation pain, in case anyone was wondering!
No, it isn't. Ovulation pain is (and the NHS website agrees with me) a stabby pain in the lower abdomen, on the side of the of ovary that is releasing the egg. Javelin arse can happen at ovulation (it does for me) or during your period. Or at a random time.
Whatsyourfavouritescarymovie · 29/01/2022 23:11

Usually only lasts a few seconds but can happen a few times a day, then it won't happen again for another year Grin

Overtired201984 · 29/01/2022 23:11

Knitting needle up the bum pain here …. Lasts about 4 seconds , it’s hell , feels like if I was in a library at the time of it happening it could cause embarrassment.

LondonQueen · 29/01/2022 23:11

@MooSakah

15 minutes!!! Of javelin arse?! Is it a women only thing? I feel like if men got it there would be a treatment by now.
Apparently it's more common in men. DH says he used to have this as a teenager but hasn't had it since.
How long does javelin arse last?
FunnysInLaJardin · 29/01/2022 23:10

its ovulation pain, in case anyone was wondering!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 29/01/2022 23:09

Bear down as if pooing and it eases faster.

Ooh nay , JA and Diverticular Disease would get very messy very quickly Blush

ABitOfAShitShow · 29/01/2022 23:09

@namechanged221

Yes I get it in the night...

I read a cure online.

You basically punch your bum cheeks 25 times on each side... like punch the bum cheeks though not where the pain is. Sounds crazy I know.

It actually works! It just stops the muscles spasm and relaxes it.

Start doing it as soon as you feel it starting off... and it should stop the attack!!!

HTH

Also hot water bottle helps.

Doing the lord’s work. 🙌🏻
HoobleDooble · 29/01/2022 23:08

I haven't had javelin arse for ages! Used to just last few seconds but I'd be holding my breath.

AndStand · 29/01/2022 23:08

My Dad used to get it, so I don't think it's necessarily linked to ovulation, periods or the menopause 😁

comfortablyfrumpy · 29/01/2022 23:08

I have realised that it is a good while since I have has this - but I am other side of menopause now.
I used to get it at night , every few months it would wake me up and was excruciating. Would last about 20 minutes or so.

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