Exercise in general

For that muscle tightness I get therapeutic massage. It does absolute wonders for me. I have the same leg and buttocks pain problem you are describing. On days I work out, my butt and thighs just burn at night when I'm sitting on my computer even though they don't hurt while I'm actually exercising. Part of my problem is my chair is hard and my butt is smaller so I have less padding. :-)) I view that as a good thing. But I gotta buy a softer chair.

AnneH-That is what I do when my butt starts to hurt-

hi Frankie. you say that the muscles in your thighs are tight and you can't lift your leg up straight while laying on your back.
to me this says that the tight muscles are the ones in the back of your thigh (your hamstrings).
{as an aside I will say that you shouldn't lay flat on your back and lift your legs straight up anyway. if you must do that, bend one hip and knee so that your foot is 'standing' on the floor/bed/surface and lift the other leg. this protects your low back}
the wholewoman posture LENGTHENS the hamstrings, which is possibly why youre having sitting bone/buttocks pain. that's where the hamstrings and other hip/pelvic muscles attach. if the muscles are being stretched they oftentimes pull on their attachments and you can feel sore until the muscles stretch out a bit.

unless you meant that while laying flat on your back, you lift say the right leg and you feel a stretch in the OTHER leg. in that case it might be that your quadriceps are tight (the muscles in the front of the thigh) and that's another story.

I haven't yet thought of any real way to post about what I see as strange aspects of my prolapse.
I went from being in a strong, toned, slim, fit body... to this fragile , stiff, aching body in merely days !
And it just isn't getting consistently better .
There seems to be a Kaleidoscope of ever-changing aches and pains going on in my pelvis, but mostly my hips and thighs.
(At certain times my Labia just drive me crazy ?!? Other times ? Not so much. WEird.)
At first I thought it was the initial injury, then I thought it was the change of posture, not that I've totally mastered it...
Yet I still have this constant ever-changing range of symptoms. It's like suddenly my life has changed in it's
magnification ? And I'll say this , it's JUST weird as Hell. I don't wanna think about all this crap ! , makes me feel like some
damn Hypochondriac ! I'm not happy some of you are also having these realities.... but I'm glad Glad GLAD it's not that I'm not losing my mind !!!!
I AM starting to get a bit pissed though, that I can't prioritize my health-care financially, living here in this third -world country that the
U.s.a. has Become... Pissed. So waddya all think about Hilary ?
Zelda

That's for sure ! I mean really - no two days are alike and my endurance on my feet
varies so much. I have become anxious about events or activities that test my endurance.
I really feel that with some good health-care I could feel more secure. I feel so unsure of myself,
because some really innocent things have set off the prolapse, and then I suffer a few days thinking I WON'T do that again !
But then I have good days that are almost free of the indignities... I don't want to pay such close attention, Ya know ?

Oh , I don't know. Our politics make me sick. not only have I always found myself highly allergic to Bush.. I think Rumsfeld and Ol'
Condaleeza... are straight out of a far-fetched conspiracy theory of this power hungry reptilian race from outer-space, down
here being power vampires. I look at these people and search for Humanity, and there's just no Trace !!! Mr. Romney seems to be cut
out of the same synthetic. He creeps me out. There is a disconnect in the back of their eyes. I am feeling torn between why
put ANY energy into voting when it's all sewn up already -Any Way? and at least going through the motions and putting My 2 cents in.
Right now all I seem to vaguely remember is Hilary's efforts with Healthcare... Oh I am woefully ignorant of politics these days. I guess
I am leaning towards Edwards at this point. When He smiles and shows enthusiasm it connects with his eyes and feels authentic, and he
talks about the gap between rich and poor that grows in our (burgeoning 3rd world) country. A point I am painfully illustrating.
Zelda

No Hillary is not "right wing". She is EXTREMELY leftist. Very socialist. Left defined as centralized control of your money by government, in the form of directly taking it (taxes) or by regulating what you can do with it.

Do not get fooled into thinking those who vote for the Iraq war are "conservative" (right) and those who vote against are "liberal" (left) because being for or against a war is not what defines left and right.

To oversimplify: In theory, conservatives (what we call "right wing") want to control your personal freedoms (can't smoke pot, can't be homosexual) but allow you economic freedom (keep what you earn, low taxes), while liberals want to control your economic freedom (take your money via taxes and then spend YOUR money the way THEY see fit) but allow you personal freedom (gay marriage, abortion).

Hillary has a very strong, entrenched history of wanting control over your economic life. This is in no way "right wing" (notwithstanding the fact that you can barely tell the difference anymore between a DC Republican and a DC Democrat). Remember when she talked about nationalizing the electric industry? Remember Hillarycare? PURE socialism. LEFT-ism. Do you think there is a snowball in hell's chance she has actually CHANGED any of her ideology? A strong, stubborn, hard-as-nails woman like her?? Absolutely NOT. What you see is her maneuvering somewhat center to try to get elected. She knows darn well this country would never elect a hard left-wing fanatic so she is pretending not to be one. Incidentally, they would not elect a hard right-wing fanatic either which is why Pat Buchanan will never be President, and no, Dubya Bush is NOT far right wing!! Good Lord... look at the government programs Bush has expanded. This is economic taking from Peter and giving to Paul and it is leftist.

Right and left are defined by economic and personal freedom. Everything else is peripheral. Do you or do you not get to keep what you earn? What you work your butt off for? Yes or no. In the context of freedom one answer is good and the other is evil. Secondarily, do you or do you not rule your own body? Yes or no. In the context of freedom one answer is good and the other is evil. The "right" gets it right on one matter and wrong on the other and the "left" is vice-versa.

One is as dangerous as the other; they both want to move control outside you and into government, it's just in different arenas. And, by the way, there is such a thing as an authoritarian - the most dangerous type of Homo Sapiens on the planet. They want to control you in both economic AND personal areas of your life; from this group you get monsters like Kim Jong of N. Korea. Think of a Hillary or a Pat Buchanan as half a Kim Jong.

The last thing I want to do is talk politics on the pelvic floor problem forum and I'm sure Christine doesn't want this either so this is the last I will say on the matter, but I could not allow the Hillary question to go unanswered. I'm going to stay off the forum now so I won't be tempted to continue talking politics.

Thank you Anne for a brilliant piece on American politics. I'd like to add only one thing. As a life voter, I think the bloody teeth of Clinton, Edwards, Juliani and Obama really speak for themselves.

Pax with an A,

Judy

Change what you can change; be happy with what you cannot.

I had to laugh (although not funny really) that someone else complains of their labia driving them crazy!

Mine drive me nuts at times and I cannot get comfortable - I feel like a bloke having to adjust his balls! Honestly it is so annoying.

He He :o)

A

Hi Frankie

See my other post to Anita about pelvic stability, entitled "Wow". I used to have such a stiff back, glutes and hammies, but they are largely fixed.

Cheers

Louise