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Surviving60
February 15, 2013 - 9:04am
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Internal massage
Spiritwoman, I don't have any experience or knowledge of this. Mayan massage has been discussed numerous times here, and I would say it falls into the category of being one of those things that doesn't really help prolapse (because the issue is postural), but can't do any harm if it feels good. You might get a better quality response to this post if someone more knowledgeable comes on! - Surviving
ikam
February 15, 2013 - 10:07am
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good experience for me
Spiritwoman, I have had an internal massage (trigger point therapy) over the past year and I have found it very useful. Of course, I have been exercising between my sessions. I used to have a very bad coccix pain- not anymore!!!
spiritwoman
February 15, 2013 - 5:04pm
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Thanks Surviving and Ikam..
Thanks Surviving and Ikam...the therapist I am going to approves of the Saving the Whole Woman method so that feels good. She also thought the maya abdominal massage could help as it helps to reposition things. We'll see how it goes. It's good to hear that you found the trigger point therapy useful, Ikam, as this is what I will be experiencing with the therapist. I feel often excruciating coccix pain. I would so love it if this as well as the posture and everything I"m doing helps. Thank you both for your responses and insights.
louiseds
February 17, 2013 - 7:33pm
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How it works
It's good to hear these stories. Sometimes different therapies have several ways of affecting change. While the cause of prolapse is that we use our bodies in many ways that go against good pelvic support, and our everyday posture as we go about our work and play is the main factor, exacerbated by bad lifting and carrying techniques, and the exhortation of beauty, fashion and fitness industries for us to strive for a flat tummy and small butt, as if we have to look like men, ie what we are not.
Obstetric trauma can be either intentional (by way of surgical or non-surgical intervention, particularly episiotomy) in labour and birth, or unintentional (by way of tears), and there will always the question of well-being of both mother the baby when decisions to intervene are made. Nobody really knows whether any particular intervention (almost always in a hospital) is necessary to save mother and/or child. Less is almost always better for the mother's pelvic support system, but once intervention happens it often leads to further intervention.
Diet is another major factor. This determines what is moving through our digestive tract, and how long it takes to get to the end. This determines the amount of water that is extracted from the stool before the rectum. Constipation and consequent straining against the toilet seat can cause further damage to our internal soft tissue.
Our personality, or demeanour, or emotional states can also have a major impact on the gastrointestinal tract, and on our posture. Feeling down = stooping or slouching.
If Mayan Massage makes us feel more comfortable being the woman we are; if it moves the contents of our gastrointestinal system along; if it allows us to relax our abdominal muscles into a smooth curve instead of a tight line; if it repositions our pelvic organs temporarily, then it is indeed powerful stuff, helping us to feel more comfortable in our own skin, and allowing us to be nurtured in the underbelly area, possibly our most vulnerable part, and maybe our Achilles' heel.
Then the responsibility is over to the woman to do the hard work of changing her posture in a more permanent way, and to use her body for everyday tasks in ways that reinforce the good she has done for herself by nurturing herself and her 'Temple of the Soul'.
Louise
spiritwoman
February 17, 2013 - 9:57pm
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Thank you Louise. I'm so
Thank you Louise. I'm so inspired the more I read here and as I'm witnessing my posture shift and change. I'm working on being patient with myself...after all, I've been holding my body a certain way for most of my life. Thus the discomfort I feel in changing this is understandable. I know from my experience in healing cancer that persistence and steady, daily dedication to creating new healthy habits really pays off. So I'm going forward with the posture, the exercises, the diet. I can see myself smiling, healed, and so happy that I gave my body the chance to come into balance. Right now I feel so much gratitude for finding this path toward healing.