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Christine
November 15, 2004 - 10:56am
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RE: Weight loss and prolapse
Hi Rhonda:-),
My immediate response when I read your post was SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT. You and I are the same age and are going through similar perimenopausal times. I thought I was done with bleeding a year ago but then had three periods in a row, too. It's been about three months again since I've bled.
You know, the "stuff sliding around" feeling is just part of the deal. I can't imagine that your weight loss could be anything but beneficial. I hope that you will do the walking part of this program and please include a few moments of "winging" your arms. I'm always amazed at the effect this has on the position of the pelvic organs.
I want to remind you of the importance of squatting, too. If there are occassions when you can squat rather than bend over, try to squat. The pelvic surgeons really DO have all the answers...they just come to such grizzly conclusions!!! Here's something of interest from Nichols and Randall's "Vaginal Surgery", third edition..."Zacharin has studied possible causes for the relative infrequency of both genital prolapse and urinary stress incontinence among orientals. His dissections of Chinese cadavers at the University of Hong Kong revealed that their primary urethral suspensory mechanism was almost vestigial (underdeveloped), in contrast to magnificent development of their levator ani(pelvic floor) complex - the opposite situation of the usual occidental female. Unanswered, yet, is whether this better development of the levator ani is an inherited characteristic or one acquired from their traditional way of life and lifelong habit of sitting and of defecation in the squatting position." DUH!
Keep us posted, Rhonda,
Christine
Christine
November 15, 2004 - 12:25pm
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RE: Weight loss and prolapse
Well...it's just swinging your arms in a controlled way...up and down like you're going to fly. I find the results so magical...there's a several-layers-thick sheet of fascia underneath the upper and lower back muscles. When we walk, taking long strides and holding our body in natural posture, then swing our arms in this way...you can experience the "thoracolumbar fascia", or TCF, pulling everything, including the pelvic organs into place. It's easier to demonstate it than to describe, but hope this helps!
Rhonda
November 15, 2004 - 12:48pm
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RE: Weight loss and prolapse
Thanks Christine!
I have noticed that raising my arms does feel good; kind of like having a good stretch in the morning, or after a nap; the arms go up, the back arches, and you just feel everything getting a workout, head to toe.