Knee supports vs stirrups

Does anyone like the knee supports better than the feet stirrups. I find the knee stirrups more comfortable and.... revealing 😁 Anyone agree?

Sorry I have to say I much prefer heel stirrups, as a few members have reminded me. With heel stirrups I feel I'm much more cooperating with my examiner, as I'm participating in the exam. I also love when he adjusts the stirrups even more. My gyne always has the stirrups out and ready when I walk into the exam room. Just love seeing them first thing, because I know I'll soon be in them. Understand I have only been in knee crutches a couple of times and in stirrups many more, I did enjoy those exam too.

I love the knee crutches

I LOVE the knee supports much more than stirrups. Mainly because they provide for more of a loss of control. In knee supports I have no control or ability to close my legs or pull my knees together... it's way more arousing.

I love the knee supports they feel so much more arousing i love the fact that i have less control over my legs than stirrups

My gynotable has the knee stirrups. The patient can more relax during the investigation. And the knee stirrups are better for restrain the patient.

My gynecologist has the knee suport. It's very confortable but I fell very exposed and vunerable because I cant move my legs and I must put my knees on the suport as soon as I sit on the chair and stay in this position (legs opened) during all the time.

I have experienced both the stirrups, and the knee supports. The stirrups are more often used here, but I enjoy the knee rests because they are more comfortable, and I felt I was spread open wider, and more exposed.

I have mainly been in stirrups, although one practice I attended did have the knee supports instead.

My wife has been in both and she says she would rather be examined wile she is in stirrups. However she does like play exams in knee crutches if she is strapped into them. She also loves wrist restraints when up in knee crutches. I like stirrups as I think it looks more clinical. I grew up only knowing and hearing about stirrups

Goes with the knee supports aka bierhoff crutches with lots of padding

Yesterday was the first time I see (and test) the knee supports and I think I prefer these one than the classical stirrups.

I'll see next time.

I vastly prefer the knee supports - like Kim and several others, I feel far more spread open and exposed.

I wonder if anyone has had a doctor who adjusted them apart after you put your legs in - perhaps raising them a bit for easier anal access?

My wife much prefers regular stirrups for her real exams, but has responded very well to knee crutches for play exams. Even more enjoyment when she has been restrained in them. Only two experiences wile strapped in and down to the table, but very exciting

I prefer knee crutches/leg supports. They're more comfortable for long term play and I definitely feel more open and exposed than in heel stirrups. Most doctors usually have to say 'scoot down further' and/or 'part your knees wider' when a patient is in heel stirrups. Why are we women so reticent when the whole point of a play exam IS to feel open and exposed?

One of my female friends went to a GYN that used stirrups, but they were "up in the air". It was fun going with her, they always had her really exposed.

Knee supports definitely preferred. Makes me feel more exposed and helpless. I like being totally passive and heel stirrups would require me actually holding my knees apart. Quite frankly, heel stirrups are turn-off to me.

Do you know that if you turn the kneestirrups around it will make your leg open wider?

onces when i got into the stirrups i noticed my left leg was more to the outside than my right.

my gyn said oh im sorry and lifted my leg and turned the stirrup again.

i prefer feet stirrups by the way.

the only reason for that is to hear the magical words:"pls let your knees fall apart little further". 😉

Being a man I have never had to try either stirrups or leg supports but I have often wondered why they are not used for colonics. It seem that the only problem I have getting a colonic is that the table my therapist uses is so slick that my feet easily slide in such a way that my knees get closer to the table than they should. Trying to hold your legs where they should be for an hour is sometimes taxing enough to cause leg cramps. I would really like to try knee supports once to see if I can relax for the whole process.

I have never had the knee stirrups in a real exam or the heal rests.

ive only had the knee when having a play exam .

over here they like the frog position to much or the english are to tight to pay out for the real mcCoy and have the knee stirrups.

I've never had the knee supports, but the way everyone's talking about them makes me really curious. Is this another one of those treats we just don't seem to get to enjoy as much in the US as everybody over in Europe?

I've only experienced knee supports once. I like them much then stirrups. They let me just lay back and open wide.

My wife commented that the feet stirrups are not all the same. she had a gyn in the 80's that had feet stirrus attached to the table folded under. when he pulled them out they unfolded and went very high almost to his shoulders when he was standing straight up. he had her put her feet in the stirrups, he had to help her as they where very high up, and then she had to slide down,as she did she could see her knees coming up and back towards her, he told her to slide until her bottom made contact with his hand the edge of the table. he then told her to just relax her legs as he spread the stirrup supports out to the side and locked them in place. she said thst laying flat on the table she could see her feet up around his head area as he stood between her wide spread legs and this position turned her bottom more up towards the doc.

The knee supports are more controlling there is no chance of closing your legs with your knees in them.

I find the forced passive stretch knee rests would give very relaxing to my hips and pelvic girdle due to my extreme hypermobility in all my joints. My GYN and GP do adjust the stirrups as far apart as possible for this very reason of my hypermobility, understanding how relaxing this forced passive stretch is. To be so exposed and controlled by my physician is also very exciting and appealing! I would definitely like to experience knee rests! Knee rests would definitely increase and enhance the exposure and control!

I have often wondered if knee rests would make enduring endometrial biopsies a bit easier. Having had many, anything to make them less excruciating and making it easier to lay still I believe would be an advantage. They always seem to end up being scheduled at least once a year. I have a hard time staying still and keeping my legs open during them due to the extreme pain with them.

The only time I have seen the knee supports used was when I was with a girlfriend who received a colposcopy from the gyn and when my wife was in labor and delivery. I would love to witness (participate in) another exam with knee stirrups, although the sound of unfolding heel stirrups is quite dramatic! You women make them sound so much better....

Speaking from a Playdoc perspective, I have tables with stirrups and tables with knee holders (Beinhalters as I prefer to call them due to their German origins). The former seems much more prominent in US and the latter in Europe as I see it. The only advantage to stirrups I see is the ability to be put away, and on some tables the capability to be totally hidden. That keeps them from getting in the way for other unrelated portions of the exam such as abdominal palpation or prone positions but more importantly it alleviates her patient anxiety at least initially. The thought of devices to hold her legs spread apart far and wide will often have patients running for the door! I used to have a girlfriend who mentioned anytime she went to the doctor she always looked at the table for stirrups--she never felt at ease if they were there as the possibility the doctor could utilize them on her existed. She once had a pre-employment physical and while waiting in the exam room carefully inspected the table and reassured herself when she saw no stirrups. So the doctor came in and later in the exam to her surprise and terror stirrups magically appeared and she had to saddle up. That was one of those tables that hide the stirrups inside its cabinet.

That being said, all else leans in preference for the Beinhalters very clearly. Unfortunately there is no easy way for them to be folded and stored so they sit out permanently. The chief advantage is they hold the patient's legs wide and you never have to keep spreading her legs open that seem to constantly be closing up like a clam or one of those self closing doors. She cannot close her legs in Beinhalters so they stay spread to the degree you control. Straps across them ensure she stays put as an option. It's also easier to scoot down with Beinhalters. She just puts her lower thighs in them, lifts up, and as her thigh slides down to the knee in the crutch it pulls her conveniently to the very edge of the table if you have them adjusted right. No more constantly having to tell your patients to scoot their bottom down more and more and constantly during the exam. That's my point of view.

My wife has had her legs placed in slings a couple of times after giving birth in the early to mid 1980s to have the episiotomy stitched.The next time was when she went for a colposcopy exam in 2005 when her legs were placed in supports.

Last year she went for her smear test to the practice nurse and saw they had a new exam couch with leg support attached she said that they were not set so high or as wide as at the colposcopy clinic and the nurse did offer the smear to be in the frog leg position if she wished.My wife said it was fine and thought that the procedure took a bit less time.

Sadly neither is very common in the UK these days. Usually it's" feet to your bottom let your knees fall wide apart to the sides" or some variant of that. I have never been in knee rests but was in stirrups once at my first exam, which was a "proper" one done by a gynae in a hospital, who certainly left no stone unturned. They were like the ones mate2ya1's wife encountered. Two polls at the end of the couch and you had to put your feet up there and then slide your bottom down until you reached the doctor's hand. Your feet were right up in the air by his head when he was seated. Then you had to let your legs fall open so that the whole of your bottom ("front"and "back") was on display. Very exposing.

I can see the appeal of being unable to close your legs but like others (and perhaps because of my first experience) I love being told to open my legs wider, move my bottom closer etc.

I prefer knee rest exams than stirrups!!!

My favorite is the knee chest position!