Maya Uterine Massage?

Hi,

I have an appt for this next week. I'll let you know how it goes. I have a mild Cystocele and Rectocele.
Ann

My Husband use to be a Massage Therapist and knows about this type of massage. Its not his best work since he specializes in sweedish and sports massage. I am going to go see a Therapist who does this type of massage, only he calls it Visceral Manipulation. We know him really well. I had no idea about this tho. He also recommended qigong exercise. He trained my husband. Dh still does massage. He doesn't like to because he is an impath. He can't seem to get rid of the energy that he sucks from people. He has never been able to block it either. Its really amazing to see him at work. He works om my 102 yr old grandma from time to time. I have to be in an extra positive mood before he'll work on me. I looked at the website you provided and it did not list anyone in my area either. Maybe the guy I'm going to isn't registered with them. If you don't mind my asking, what area are you from? You can PM me if you want. Thanks for sharing the information on this kind of massage.

hey indigo:

i had an appointment with a mayan uterine practitioner yesterday. it was a really interesting experience. it lasted about two hours, with a lot of initial intake information and conversation.

the massage itself was subtle. i am a BIG fan of massage and get it done frequently, though this was obviously far different from anything i had before. quite gentle touch. the woman i saw has studied with rose arriago (i THINK that's the name of the woman who brought this massage work into the public eye...) for the last 8 years, so i like her expertise. at the end of the treatment, she showed me how to do it myself as that is an essential part of this -- self treatment. it should take about 5 minutes a day. i'll see her again in a few weeks.

in the meantime, i'll let you know how it goes, updating on how things are. i must say i do feel well this morning...grounded, which i do NOT always feel. :-)

xxsusan

Hi all,

I had this massage last week. It was very interesting. It felt very, very good, mostly because I have sort of "disconnected" from my feminine core since discovering the prolapse. The massage actually made me cry quite a bit and reminded me again that I am still angry that this has happened to me.

The practitioner gave me a lot of wonderful practices: self massage, castor oil packs, and spiritual baths, so that I would have tools to help heal, lift and invigorate my womb.

Though I haven't be diagnosed with a uterine prolapse, she felt that my uterus is low and "sitting on" my bladder. This might explain why I have frequency and bladder irritation along with my cystocele symptoms.

She also said that she has seen improvement in many of her clients. The massag helps blood and lymph flow to the uterus, ligaments and fascia, and this apparently helps in many ways.

My favorite thing, though, is the "faja" wrap. It's a long piece of fabric that you wrap around the waste and knot right at the pubic bone (or higher, depending on where your uterus sits). It provides support to the tendons and ligaments supporting the uterus. When I put it on over my skinny jeans, I really thought it wouldn't work. My hip bones and pubic bones sort of stick out further than my belly (working on this with the posture, though!), so I felt like it wasn't supporting anything. But later that evening, when I took it off, I realized that it really had been supporting me.

Anyway, I recommend the massage. I feels great, and if it can help the prolapse, then all the better.

BTW, my beautiful bundle of baby boy is TWO today. I can't believe it.

Big hugs ladies,
Ann

I really like this post- and the idea of "special massage and treatment" for the feminine core.
I feel those old feelings come back every once in a while too. This is a process- and I am guessing that over time I will probably cover the spectrum between feeling really happy- feeling nothing at all- and feeling very distressed over my prolapsed body. What I have noticed is that the distressed feeling goes away so much faster than it did 8 months ago.

Hi

The mayan massage you describe and detail's of how to perform it yourself is in a book "Rainforest home remedies" by rosita arvingo.

It's a very interesting book.

It also describes how to perform the vaginal steam baths for vaginal health and i think prolapse.

i don't think it describes the faja but by the description given that doesn't sound too difficult to do.

xx
Anne-helen
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyABos4HCg4 It is described here. I would like to know others opinions is it safe?

I can't say. The concept itself looks prolapse-friendly, provided it is worn low enough and not constricting the belly in any way. I can't tell for sure if that's what she's going for. I notice she says this is for uterine prolapse, and doesn't mention pregnancy. Someone here with a significant uterine prolapse would have an opinion worth hearing.

I checked out her site and it has some interesting and useful stuff on it. But when I came across the term "neutral pelvis" I said to myself, nope, not good enough. - Surviving

I watched the video on the faja wrap, and have to wonder if this is more for younger women? I would also like to hear the viewpoint of our more experienced ladies with uterine prolapse. Would this even be helpful for us older ladies?

The problem I see with the wrap is that you would have to wear it to know how it works. I avoid anything that is tight mainly because I inevitably have wind pains if I even as much as wear a belt for half a day, and tight clothing in general makes me feel claustrophobic. I know that some people considered that the corset helped hold up prolapse, but again these are not something that I can at all comfortably wear so I am not about to find out. But the corset would need to be positioned similarly to the wrap, as far as I can tell if it were to help prolapse. If however you wore the corset as intended to make you appear to have a flat tummy, then I don’t see this working the same way. I am still trying to lose fat from my abdomen, not that I want a six pack, but because I consider that the loss of a lb of fat from my abdomen would mean the absence of the downward drag of that 1lb abdominal weight pushing on my lower tummy and in consequence my uterus. As I see it, the force of WW posture redistributes the belly weight away from your lower abdomen to your back, chest and shoulder. In holding your back strongly, you are pulling the main part of your belly weight off your lower abdomen. Using the wrap, from what I can see, you are folding that 1lb of belly flab over on itself and the weight is now more on your upper abdomen and if you are in posture, as you should be, then consequently on your back. If you feel like trying it out, you could just tie a dressing-robe cord around your hips rather than splurge out on a long piece of fabric. The cord would give you some idea as to the wrap’s suggested effectiveness. For anyone with abdominal flab, it could be of use as long as you are in WWposture, but then I am not sure whether it adds to your comfort. For those slim ladies I don’t see the wrap supporting your lower tummy when it is below the level of your hips. For those who have mild prolapse it might help you remember to stay in posture.