When I first “cracked the code” on stabilizing and reversing prolapse, and wrote and published Saving the Whole Woman, I set up this forum. While I had finally gotten my own severe uterine prolapse under control with the knowledge I had gained, I didn’t actually know if I could teach other women to do for themselves what I had done for my condition.
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Christine
July 26, 2004 - 2:37pm
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RE: spinal condition
Hello, Frances...Welcome!
I cannot comment on your spinal condition. I'm impressed, however, at your attitude and have expressed the same thing that you just did, that I'm probably healthier (in some ways! I could do without the polypro sutures migrating their way through my pelvis!) than I might have been had I not been put upon this path.
I have an exercise that works well for rectocele:
Get down on all fours and, while keeping your neck stretched toward the top of your head (in other words, don't look up) and your shoulders centered, raise one leg up behind you keeping the bend in that knee. Now begin lifting your foot toward the ceiling...you want the sole of your foot to reach toward the ceiling. You won't be able to stretch your leg all the way straight (at least I can't), but do a series of controlled leg lifts this way, really feeling the muscles work in the area of the buttocks, rectum, and rear pelvic floor. Begin with a few and then work up to 40-50 twice a day.
Hope you have the posture download. As an Alexander student, this should make great sense to you. I would just begin and see how your spine responds. Even with some fusion there, you may still be able to effect this shape of your body enough so that the pressure is off the rectocele when you stand and walk. I have sitting positions in the book, which are very important for you to pay attention to. When you sit in couches and stuffed chairs with your knees higher than your bottom, intense pressures are being forced right toward that compromised area.
Wishing you well, Frances, and keep us posted!
Christine
Judith
July 27, 2004 - 12:07am
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RE: spinal condition
Thanks so much Christine for that prompt reply and information - I'll go do the exercise you suggest right now and will certainly keep you posted. I also have a number of other things to try as I'm absolutely determined to solve this one, and I'll report back on how things go.
With very best wishes, Frances