When I first “cracked the code” on stabilizing and reversing prolapse, and wrote and published Saving the Whole Woman, I set up this forum. While I had finally gotten my own severe uterine prolapse under control with the knowledge I had gained, I didn’t actually know if I could teach other women to do for themselves what I had done for my condition.
So I just started teaching women on this forum. Within weeks, the women started writing back, “It’s working! I can feel the difference!”
From that moment on, the forum became the hub of the Whole Woman Community. Unfortunately, spammers also discovered the forum, along with the thousands of women we had been helping. The level of spamming became so intolerable and time-consuming, we regretfully took the forum down.
Technology never sleeps, however, and we have better tools today for controlling spam than we did just a few years ago. So I am very excited and pleased to bring the forum back online.
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Christine
December 16, 2005 - 8:45am
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RE: trampoline /rebounder
I thought you might be referring to trampoline jumping. I was talking about ballet-type jumping on a wooden floor having only a positive affect on my prolapse. Only time will tell. :-)
granolamom
December 17, 2005 - 5:07pm
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RE: trampoline /rebounder
interesting thought though. when I was working as a PT we'd sometimes recommend specific jumping exercises to help increase tone...by tone I dont mean muscle strength or appearance, but the muscle's resting elasticity or 'tightness' (think short rubber band vs long overstretched rubber band)
Christine
December 19, 2005 - 8:31am
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RE: trampoline /rebounder
Thank you for the confirmation, granolamom! These are very new concepts, not to mention their conflict with conventional views on prolapse. A new era is dawning for women with these conditions.
granolamom
December 21, 2005 - 5:52pm
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RE: trampoline /rebounder
christine...I agree - this is all new and very exciting. I have an anatomy question...the uterus is held in place by the broad ligaments (structurally I mean, aside from pressure and posture). are there any muscles, aside from the vagina, that connect the uterus to anything else?
granolamom
December 22, 2005 - 10:11am
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RE: trampoline /rebounder
thanks for the description, Christine. I hope you don't mind some more questions...
Its my understanding that ligamentous tissue does not readily 'snap back into shape' after being overstretched. which is why once you sprain your ankle badly or dislocate your shoulder you are prone to those injuries later on. unless of course you are young and still growing so you can in effect grow into your overstretched ligaments. I would imagine the same applies here, once the broad ligaments are stretched, due to pg or poor posture or the like, you do lose some support, no? so in order to support the uterus thereafter one would have to really pay attention to posture.
Are the broad ligaments affected by hormones and menopause? I wonder if they shrink as well.
granolamom
December 22, 2005 - 5:38pm
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RE: trampoline /rebounder
aha! that makes so much sense to me, and it 'feels' right too.
thank you so much Christine.
zoeUK
July 11, 2007 - 3:21pm
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Well I think it may be beneficial!
Hello,
I tried a little trampolining yesterday evening and felt 'heavier' (cystocele) than I have before in the evening so assumed it wasnt a good thing. I did however have a really hard day yesterday where I was on my feet most of theday and moved (naughty I know) a fair few heavy objects as we were having work done on the house and I had to move a few things around.
Anyway, I thought I'd try the trampoline again this evening as I wasnt convinced it was such a bad idea after reading Christines book where it says running can be very beneficial... I kept the posture throughout my jumps and was very conscious of holding up my pelvic floor and breathing and you know what? It felt REALLY good! My leg muscles feel beautifully stretched too. I only did 5 mins of medium intensity bounces but I feel good!
Watch this space as I intend to try this for a few days...It may all go horribly wrong but I'll keep you posted.
I think my Dr. would have a FIT if she knew I was trampolining!!
Zoe x
I have a beautiful 5 wk old baby boy and a wonderful 2 and a half yr old daughter who make it all worth while :-)
Christine
May 22, 2008 - 11:05pm
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trampoline
Geez…looks like that might’ve happened when (most of) the old forum was transcribed to this one. Sorry…I’ll go ahead and delete those partial posts.
From my perspective, trampoline jumping is not particularly great for these conditions. Good for overall conditioning, and certainly fun, but we really need gravity to weight-load the body so the spine is forced into its rightful position. When jumping on a trampoline, that most important factor is removed from the equation. If you can jump in the posture, great, but it seems like without gravity people balance by creating kind of a C-shaped spine.
Gravity, breath, and the natural shape of the spine are the fundamental aspects of pelvic organ support.
Christine