I save stopped Kegels and now I feel so much better!

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I really am!
Christine, I am with you 100%! Kegels did nothing but made my prolapse worse. Since I stopped them altogether, I feel better down there, my bladder "calmed down" and I almost completely lost the urge (okay, since I started bladder training, it started to improve anyway).

My pelvic floor is strong. All my sphincters work just fine, I regained my tone and I still have muscle fatigue down there after a looooong walk (posture!), so I guess WW walking is healing me just fine without these PF contractions.

Thanks for your work, Christine, I know you are busy right now, your work saved my life and my sanity!

Liv

thanks for your post, liv. i have mentioned to my PT a number of times that my cystocele feels better when i skip my kegels for a few days, but she insists that it's not possible! i am wondering now whether to stop kegels completely, but i worry that my prolapse might get worse if i do. (I'm 7 months postpartum)

When I first came here I knew literally nothing about my female body. I did Kegels b/c this is what you do when you have POP, right?
I started to read all the posts here and the STWW book and I had to realize that Christine's opinion makes total sense to me.First no matter how strong your PF muscles and sphincters are, those won't protect you from POP.
And on the other hand, just standing in WW posture tones your pelvic floor. The ballet workout tones those PF muscles better than the strongest Kegel you can do while passively laying on your back.

So I did not stop using those muscles but I use them "properly" now, at least this is how I feel. There was a thread a while ago about how walking in WW posture narrows the pelvic outlet by narrowing the space between the ischiac spines. This movement pulls everything towards its right space.
Makes much more sense than those stupid Kegels. lol

Liv