Another Question About Marks and Soreness

[sarah thorne]

This was sorta sparked from amber's thread....

I fade VERY quickly after a spanking, regardless of how hard and with what implement -- unless it's something exceptionally HARD, sudden and cold with a rigid implement, and even then....well, it's 50/50 (and those kind don't happen often...the spanked hard & long on a cold bottom with WOOD, specifically)

However, I remain tender, sometimes for days. Looking at my bottom, even as little as 15 minutes afterwards, you can not tell that anything is different. But I can FEEL it. And I am not talking a deep muscle type of pain (altho sometimes that, but I know the explanation for why THAT doesn't show on the surface) -- I am talking a topical tenderness of the skin itself, with no visible signs of even the slightest pink.

(Oddly enough, when I do happen to bruise, or mark, I find that I am not very tender at all. Go figure.)

Does this happen to anyone else??

sarah

[jerseysweet]

Oh! I am the same way. MY marks fade unless I am bruised but I am tender and sore and feel it. Also, when I bruise, the bruises don't necessarily hurt, but my bum is sore for days!

I thought I was alllll alone!

[EricaScott]

Absolutely! I am fair-skinned and used to mark/bruise like crazy, but after nearly 11 years of regular play, I rarely get visible evidence that lasts. However, I do get soreness -- both deep into the muscle, and a tenderness of the skin that feels like a sunburn. But my bum will look like nothing happened, most of the time.

It drives me nuts at Shadow Lane party weekends -- by Sunday night, I am toast after 2 1/2 days of non-stop play, but no one believes me! "Whaddaya mean, you're sore? There isn't a mark on you!" (grumble) -- Erica

[jerseysweet]

Originally Posted by EricaScott

Absolutely! I am fair-skinned and used to mark/bruise like crazy, but after nearly 11 years of regular play, I rarely get visible evidence that lasts. However, I do get soreness -- both deep into the muscle, and a tenderness of the skin that feels like a sunburn. But my bum will look like nothing happened, most of the time.

It drives me nuts at Shadow Lane party weekends -- by Sunday night, I am toast after 2 1/2 days of non-stop play, but no one believes me! "Whaddaya mean, you're sore? There isn't a mark on you!" (grumble) -- Erica

Yeah when i went to the Laptops party my bottom wasn't marked and I said I was fine and then the second day hit and I was like...I'm a little tender!

Kate

[nightowl]

I must say I am like the rest of you.... hours/days of play and hardly anything to show for it by the next day. Depending on whether the spanking was for play or discipline will determine if I even feel sore the next day. I tend to notice more of the surface pain if I'm driving alot the next day, but it's been ALONG time since it was still "tender" for me to sit down the next day.... I do have to pace myself during the multi-day events because i will be marked and bruised the first day, and clear but sore the next.... Like most of you, I miss being able to look in the mirror the next day and see the marks. I too love looking at them, touching them, and feeling the effects. Just doesn't seem to happen as often since I play more regularly now.

Kay

[aurora]

Hello, my name is Aurora, and I'm an arnica addict...

With my fair skin, all you have to do is look at me harshly, and I'll bruise. I turn bright red with just a few swats. Hell, I still have a cane mark from December on one of my thighs.

As far as soreness goes... I feel like I'm dying during the course of a spanking, as if every nerve ending in centered on the pain burning in my ass. But as soon as it's over, the pain fades pretty quickly. I've never really understood the whole "you won't be able to sit for a week thing", because I've taken some pretty majorly severe spankings, and never really had any prolonged issue with sitting.