Sex moves that can break your penis — and how to avoid them

This gives new meaning to the phrase “practicing safe sex.”

Yes, we’re talking sex injuries.

“Heart attack risk is related to the intensity of the sex rather than being position-related,” Dr. Michael Gerling, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon and director of musculoskeletal care at Bayonne Medical Center in New Jersey, recently told the New York Post .

“Penile fracture can occur in any position,” he added, “though three positions have been found most commonly linked to this severe injury, usually occurring when a forceful thrust is sent off course into the pelvic wall.”

About one in 175,000 men suffer a penile fracture. Researchers have found that these injuries happen more in the summer months and on weekends.

Gerling recently revealed the sexual positions that are most