worsening symptoms since starting?

It is very normal to have ups and downs and all progress goes in an uneven way. How long have you been working with the posture? How are you doing with it...any success in relaxing the tummy muscles? That is usually a big challenge, at least for me. It is normal that the discomfort moves around a bit in the early days of changing posture. For me it was aching in the back and hips as well for the first 2 weeks and then there was no more discomfort. Everyone is different however. Can you fill us in on how you feel the posture is going and maybe some of us can reply to that? Wishing you the best.

Hi Samanthar

MsNightingale is right. Relaxing your belly is sometimes very hard. Learning to breathe with your diaphragm can be equally hard, but it too is very important. The two go together. Keep trying. It is a bit like learning to ride a bike. You can't do it at all, then you can for a couple of seconds, then a few more seconds. Suddenly you can go on and on. Trust your body to learn.

It will be tension and effort that is giving you pain. You might find that practising sitting down is easier for a start because it is easier to keep your pelvis stable when sitting.

Louise

Early on, I was pretty convinced that walking was making my symptoms worse. But the more I did, and the more mindfully I did it, the better things got. Once I got to the point where I knew I had all the important aspects of posture nailed, then from that point on, walking just reinforced all of it. Now I can say that the longer I walk, the better I feel. I walked for 3 hours recently, and I couldn't even feel my 'celes for the rest of the day. It can take awhile to get to this point. There are many members on here who have had, after initial discomfort, much faster progress because they got in posture and stayed that way. Once the point is reached where the relaxed belly is literally the only thing that feels right, then you can feel your torso being properly seated over your hip joints, and you are on your way to serious improvement! It's a life-style change. It does not happen overnight. - Surviving

Try to bring the posture into all of your upright day. When you are lying down, just rest. But, you must use it all the time you are up. when breathing, just try to keep the belly relaxed and be aware of bringing the air into your belly. You do not want shallow chest type breathing, you want the belly to expand into the breath. Sounds like you are off to a good start....it can be overwhelming at first but it is going to improve things dramatically if you can dedicate to it at all times. Best wishes to you.

Hi Samantha - nothing really different about sitting. Try to keep the lumbar curvature in place all the time, don't collapse and flatten the spine. These old lounging-around postures are part of why we have this problem today. Driving is tricky because car seats just aren't made for guarding the lumbar curvature. Stuff something back there whenever you can. If you are already feeling how really natural and "right" this posture is, you have already crossed the biggest first hurdle! Keep it up. - Surviving

Hi Samanthar

Put 'diaphragmatic breathing' into the Search box, and read all the conversations we have had about it. I suggest that you buy Christine's book, Saving the Whole Woman, and/or the DVD, First Aid for Prolapse, which both have Christine's explanations.

Louise

with the link abnorton?