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Christine
March 15, 2011 - 8:30pm
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acute symptoms
Hello and welcome to Whole Woman, Shanti,
Try getting down on your hands and knees. Drop down onto your forearms, keeping one long line from the crown of your head to your tailbone.
Begin to circle your pelvis. When the circle comes around to the back, breathe in. When it comes around to the front, breathe out. Getting the breath right is important, because you are working with rather than against intraabdominal pressure. Circle in one direction a few times, then circle in the other direction. This feels wonderful and should be done slowly and mindfully.
Come up onto all fours and do cat&cow. Don’t raise your head though (keep one long line from crown of head to tailbone), and breathe in when you lift your tailbone, and breath out when you tuck your tailbone under.
These exercises done three times a day, supplemented with the standing and sitting postures, should be enough to affect your symptoms over the course of a couple of days.
Wishing you well,
Christine
Shanti
March 16, 2011 - 4:32am
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acute symptoms - thank you
Hello Christine and thank you for the advice, which I'll start immediately. However, what is the sitting position?
I think I've worked it out: by keeping my feet flat on the floor, relaxing the lower abdomen to keep the curve in my spine and keeping my upper spine and head the same as when standing. Is there anything else?
Also, I'd just started walking for an hour a day.
So long as I stay in the correct position, is this OK?
And would swimming be a good idea?
I had recently started to exercise and don't want to stop.
I'm guessing rebounding/trampolining are out of the question - but would it be OK when the acute symptoms have stopped?
fab
March 16, 2011 - 5:30am
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If you drink a lot
Dear Shanti,
If you drink a lot, stop now. Limit your liquid intake to two cups of water, and a glass of red or, whatever your poison is, a day. If you are like me giving up liquid is as hard as giving up sugar or fruit. You will feel dry, but the urge and amount of urine will decrease . Drink when you really want to, not out of habit or belief that you should. In the case of liquid, the more you drink, the more you pee. Sure the health authorities (or is it long, slim beautiful models?) tell you to consume 8 cups of water a day along with your tea or coffee. Don't believe it. Too much liquid is just that, too much liquid.
Allied with this, your bowels must be kept regular. This is not always possible ( we all catch viruses from time to time , or not always eat the right foods), and I think you will find that constipation will increase the urge to urinate. Let's hope this is all that has happened to you on this occasion.
Of course, as Christine has said, start the exercises she has described and you should find that Bob's your uncle.
Best wishes
Shanti
March 16, 2011 - 6:23am
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Acute symptoms - fluid intake
Hi Fab and thank you for your reply
Constipation isn't generally a problem, so I don't think it was that
I had cystitis leading to pyelonephritis recently, and had antibiotics.
But the general advice with the urinary tract is normally to drink a lot - especially water and cranberry juice. I had always understood that restricting fluid intake put you at greater risk of infection.
I had, in fact, increased my intake of water to 2litres/day, partly because of the UTI - and although I needed to urinate more and in larger volume, it wasn't like the sudden onset of urgency of micturition which happened just a few days ago, along with feeling the need to pass urine almost constantly (but wasn't a further infection))
I've started Christines exercises and it seems a little better already thank goodness, and I've eliminated coffee (which I miss terribly) as I sensed it was irritating the bladder. Thanks again
Christine
March 16, 2011 - 9:25am
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exercise
Yes...the sitting posture is: keep your belly soft and over your thighs. Pull up through your chest. Keep your shoulders pulled down (not back) and pull up through the back of your neck and head (slightly tucking your chin).
Walking in the posture is great and of course swimming is fine. You are right about the trampoline...I wouldn't attempt it just yet. Our member, Marie, has taught herself to jump in the posture, which you will be able to do when it becomes more natural to you.
:) Christine
fab
March 16, 2011 - 8:03pm
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You are right
Dear Shanti
Yes, that is the general advice given for urinary tract infection. The antibiotics cure the infection and 2 liters of water will flush the system.
Now that your infection has stopped, you might need to deal with the negative effects of the antibiotics. (This may or may not be what is happening with you. But I am assuming that you are otherwise healthy, and so this would not be too bad a guess.)
Absolutely wonderful as antibiotics are, they do have a bad side. They kill your intestinal flora. Intestinal flora are involved in the recycling of chemicals, that have been used in the digestive process including water, as well as the production of essentials such as Vitamin K, and the creation of well formed and soft stools. Forgive me if you know all of this.
Probiotics (with enteric coating) are recommended to reintroduce this necessary intestinal flora. The enteric coating is to help ensure that the probiotic passes successfully through your stomach into the intestines. Consequently, a good time to take one would be on an empty stomach, say half an hour before breakfast.
Fiber supplements and bran are best avoided at this time for they are not intestinal flora friendly.
At the same time, it would be helpful to limit your water intake to a few cups a day. But this is up to you, like everything else. The thing is, water flushes out the bad, but too much can also flush out the good minerals need for body maintenance.
If you do the above for one week, you will probably have restored your intestinal flora, and your body will have recovered its balance after the shock of the original infection, and hopefully your current concerns will have eased.
And yes keep up the posture and reasonable exercise. That's essential.