This gives me a lot of anxiety. Okay, cups are really uncomfortable or so that's what
men tell me, so do you really need one? I'm Dr. Rena Malik, urologist and pelvic surgeon,
and we're going to talk about scrotal injuries, who needs to wear a cup and
what you should look for when you're buying a cup. Make sure you stick around till the end
because I'll review some protectors that are available for you on the market today
and make sure you check the description down below to get some discounts as well.
The good news is that getting hit in the scrotum is not super common they did a study where they
looked at over 3 million men who underwent trauma and they found that scrotal trauma was only
present in about 0.2 percent or about 8 000 men but some studies have estimated that about half
of these injuries are caused from blunt trauma due to sporting events and some of these injuries can
result in some pretty bad outcomes the two big things that we worry about are one testicular
torsion where the testicle actually twists on itself and then can disrupt the blood flow to
the testicle or you can have a testicular rupture where the outer lining or the tunica al virginia
of the testicle ruptures allowing the tubules of the testicle to come outside typically getting an
injury to the testicles can be very very painful as many men have experienced getting occasionally
accidentally hit in the testicles it is not a pleasant experience as so many men have described
to me things to look out for is if you have pain that persists beyond an hour after the injury
or swelling that is getting significantly worse or black and blue in those cases you should go to
the emergency room to get evaluated and what will typically happen when you get there is
you'll get an examination of the testicle and very often that will also include an
ultrasound of the testicle where they put some gel on the testicle and take a little ultrasound probe
and put it on the testicle to see if the testicle is intact and two if there is good blood flow to
the testicle the good news is if you're in one of these horrible circumstances that requires
emergency surgery meaning that you have a rupture or a torsion eighty percent of the time if you get
there soon enough your testicle can be salvaged so the important thing is don't delay but let's
try to avoid being in this horrible situation altogether there's certain kinds of sports that if
you're playing or activities that you're engaging in you should probably wear a cup these include
anything where you may have a high speed ball coming near your genitals or if you might
accidentally get kicked in that area like martial arts so these include sports like hockey football
baseball soccer lacrosse or obviously mixed martial arts but what exactly is a cup if you've
never had one before it's a cup that's designed to fit your testicles inside of it that will
prevent it from any impact it comes in a variety of different sizes to fit different heights and
weights you can wear this with three different types of supporters that can be compression shorts
jock straps or there are certain specialized impact shorts as well typically they'll include
a pocket that is designed to hold the cup in place compression shorts are basically
a really form-fitting underwear that can offer some additional comfort jack straps many of you
are familiar with have a cup area as well as a elastic band that goes around to keep things
snug and in place impact shorts are specially designed not only to have a pocket for your cup
but also for thigh and hip guard so they can be a little bit pricier than the other two options the
most important thing about wearing a cup is that it needs to stay in place whether you're squatting
jumping running whatever activity you're going to be doing in that sport it should not move
otherwise it's not going to be effective so these cups can be made of a variety of different
materials in the past they used to be made with steel and now they're kind of these hard plastics
and other different types of materials that we'll talk about when we review some of the options
available there's also often flexible or softer cups available for less impact sports like soccer
where you're less likely to have a you know high speed ball going at your genitals most cups these
days are made with tough polymers or carbon fibers that tend to resist any impact sometimes they also
have a silicone lining or a gel pad lining to add to the comfort where it's touching your skin and
also provides a greater seal a couple other things to look out for when you're purchasing cups is
figure out if they're machine washable or hand washable so you don't destroy them and also look
for adjustable straps because you want them to fit your body shape and not everyone is created equal
so typically when you're wearing a jock strap you want to put on a pair of clothes fitting
underwear followed by the jock strap and then you want to put the cup into the jock strap on top
of the compression underwear and then once you've worn it make sure you take a few steps walk around
do some lunges make sure that it stays in place so let's get into the review of these cups the
first cup i'm going to review is nutty buddy and thank you guys to all the cups that i'm going to
present here they all sent me samples to share with you guys so that you can learn a little
bit more about their product so nutty buddy is very unique because it's made with polycarbonate
material known as lexan 124r and this is the same kind of material that's used in bulletproof glass
it's a little bit more expensive than the materials that were used in traditional cups
but it's well worth it comes in two varieties it has the flex right there with um which has these
you know kind of softer edges so it'll be softer on your skin and feels better and the classic and
these are really hard and actually we're going to watch a little video on their website which
was pretty surprising so they also come with compression underwear here that you wear first and
then a jock strap that you wear over top okay so that helps it stay right snug in place oh my god
so nutty buddy is about 28 and it comes in a number of different sizes they have some really
creative size names but you just basically need your height and your weight and you can figure
out what size you are so the next one was actually developed by an eight-year-old boy who got sick of
wearing cups during baseball practice and this is called comfy cup so it's specifically designed for
children to absorb the force of impact that they're gonna get when they play athletic
sports as you can imagine they're probably not going to get hit by a 100 mile per hour
ball in baseball so they can have something that's a little bit more flexible and soft
despite it being flexible you can see here it's pretty flexible
it absorbs the impact of at least five pounds of weight as you can see on this video here and has
been tested and approved by a medical professional academy the next cup we're gonna review is called
diamond mma and i have to say i really like this company i got a chance to speak with the founder
of the company who's a great guy and they have a great tick tock let's check out one of them
oh let's go this gives me a lot of anxiety a lot of anxiety they sent me this stress ball
which is really cute a little sperm but i feel a little odd squeezing it you know because i some
of my life's work is protecting those little guys anyways these cups are made by stanford engineers
they're made using military-grade elastics with a polycarbonate core and they come with these
compression underwear that is also kind of like a jock strap in one and very comfortable and easy to
wear or so i'm told and that was the kids version and the adults version is just like a regular
compression underwear and they come in both adults and kids sizes they have this very
soft part that touches the skin helping with the seal there and again super super hard
they're not breaking another great thing about them is they have participated in raising money
for the testicular cancer foundation which of course i am a big fan of and last but not least is
low blow they have not only youth size adult size they also have female pelvic protectors so women
if you are in high impact sports you need those as well they come again with this bulletproof
hard material this is the kids size and the other cool part about is this silicone lining is
actually removable so if you want to take it off you can or you can keep it on they have adjustable
waistband which you put into these things right here and they have straps that you put into these
holes and so you can see there's lots of different spots that you can put them so you can make them
completely snug and fit to your body and another great thing is it's fully machine washable
in fact it comes with this little bag where you put it in and you wash it in the machine
okay so that is a whirlwind review of scrotal protectors my point of making this video is for
you guys to know what's out there and know that it is really important to protect your scrotum from
injury during high impact sports it can happen and it's not somewhere you want
to be when you're playing in a really important game and i personally don't want to see you in my
emergency room with an injury so always remember to take care of yourself because you're worth it