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Surviving60
February 5, 2013 - 5:10pm
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Hi Laughing, nice to hear
Hi Laughing, nice to hear from you. There is no set amount of exercise that is prescribed. Mixing it up sounds great. As much or as little as you can do will be fine. The exercises support the posture, and doing the posture all the time is your main goal. If you are in posture as you go throughout your day, you are working the right stuff! And of course, staying in excellent posture while doing all these exercise moves is the only way to do them. Sounds obvious, but it isn’t always, at first. If you get a little sore from overworking different muscles, it’s OK to scale back a little.
In firebreathing and belly rolls and anything that involves the breathing sequence, be sure you’re doing that correctly. Another postural thing often ignored – keep something behind the lower back when you drive, as car seats are rarely prolapse-friendly.
Any chance you are not emptying completely? There are lots of tips here for doing that. Move around, up and down, and wait a bit to make sure everything’s out. Get down on hands and knees in the shower. Lift up a little and forward on the toilet seat, as shown in Christine’s book. What you describe seems to be quite common from the posts we get here. You can use the search box up above to look for terms. WW posture will move your organs forward into the relaxed lower belly, and over time this ought to alleviate those issues. I’m not a sufferer myself, so better to look for posts by others and let the experts give their suggestions on the urinary problems. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. - Surviving
petrified52
February 6, 2013 - 9:51am
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Hi Laughing. I am fairly new
Hi Laughing. I am fairly new here but I did experience the difficulties that you are describing. I thought that I had a UTI in the beginning as well. Running to the bathroom many times a day, which was not like me. When I got to my gynecologist, they told me that I didn't have an infection but the running was from the prolapsed bladder. Sometimes what you drink will add to the mix. Any coffee or other drinks with caffeine will cause more trips to the bathroom as it is like a diuretic. I also was experiencing a pulling feeling in the lower left abdomen. Now, after a couple months of the posture and exercises, I am much better and not constantly running. I do still have those days when things get a bit uncomfortable but I keep in mind that tomorrow can be better. Much luck and best wishes to you......
fab
February 9, 2013 - 11:13pm
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A few possibilities
The constant need to urinate could be due to pressure on your bladder, an irritated bladder or a prolapsed bladder. Similarly a poor flow or interrupted flow (if this is what you mean by constant dribbling and not incontinence) could be due to the same causes. Then again if you are frequently voiding then there would not be much left to void at certain times during the day and so flow would be sparse.
I would tend to agree that it is not likely to be a bacterial infection e.g. UTI if you are not experiencing stinging. Then again stinging in itself may not automatically mean there is a bowel infection.
As you possibly know UTIs are known to be tenacious and frequently return.
However, there are other things like Interstitial cystitis which can cause the symptoms you have mentioned and not necessarily cause stinging. IC also seems to go away and then has flare ups.
Then again many of us find that a bout of constipation can cause frequent urination. Constipation does not just mean difficult defecation, it can also mean irregular defecation, so keep a watch out there.
As for the Pyridium, it is recommended for IC. I am not familiar with it. For a UTI you generally need antibiotics. The D-Mannose is a naturopathic remedy, so there has not been much testing as to its effectiveness. Again, I am not familiar with it.
Cheers, Fab