The accident, the hospital, the no win, no fee lawyer
22/08/2008

here's something else to think about

Any accident in which you sustain physical injury is going to place constraints on your mobility and capability to perform certain physical tasks - it is one of the reasons many accident victims contact no win, no fee lawyers in order to claim compensation. Yet one often overlooked part of this concerns an injured person's physical freedom to enjoy a full sex life.

Perhaps this is simply because people do not consider it a priority when they are focussing on rehabilitation and the return to full health. However, it would be foolish to overlook just how important a part of rehabilitation enjoying amorous life can be. After all, it is a great way of relieving stress, releasing immune system-building endorphins and nurturing key relationships at a time when injury and money worries may be placing them under pressure.

That's why this year it was great to see photos of George Clooney and his 28-year-old cocktail waitress girlfriend stepping out of his New York apartment together, with Clooney carrying a Liberator Ramp under his arm.

The Liberator Ramp, we are told, "offers couples the chance to be very creative with their sexual positions. You can create a variety of key sex angles. This angle helps women find their G-Spot areas and allows them to have more powerful and multiple orgasms."

While this is great, and reassuring, as it is nice to know that even Clooney's girlfriend may need a bit of extra stimulation outside of having a multi-millionaire, Academy Award winning, genetic miracle of handsomeness as her partner, it is believed that Clooney and his girlfriend had the cushion for another reason.

Rather than as a simple aid to pleasure, it is understood that the couple bought their Liberator after a motorcycle accident, in which Clooney's girlfriend was pillion passenger, left them with multiple injuries, including Clooney suffering fractured ribs and she with a cast-bound fractured toe.

This is because the Liberator, apparently, is a popular purchase among people suffering from the kinds of injuries, whether long-term or short-term, that might make bedroom aerobics a bit painful. So, great, if the one-time World's Sexiest Man believes he and his girlfriend can still be sexy when bruised, bandaged and cast, so can you. I bet it helped them recover more speedily and happily too.

However, there are of course injuries sustained in no-fault accidents that are of a more serious nature and can lead to a person being permanently disabled. While people in this situation are almost certainly going to need the assistance of a no win, no fee lawyer in order to receive the compensation, they are also going to have to make major adjustments to the way they live their lives, including their sex lives.

Disabled people having a love life remains one of the few taboo subjects left in a disinhibited 21st century. Yet it is perfectly possible for most disabled people, including those with serious spinal injuries to still have satisfying sex lives.

If you have recently suffered an injury that has had an impact on your self-image and/or sex life Outsiders is a good place to find support and advice about getting back on the road to full and happy relationships.

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