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Surviving60
July 14, 2018 - 5:12am
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Lifting and breathing
Welcome Marja and thanks for a wonderful post. Your words will be very encouraging to our many post partum newbies. I love when members just take this knowledge and run with it. In the end, everyone just has to do this work and discover the self-evident nature of Christine's teachings for themselves.
I think you just need to breathe naturally through lifting......I can't recall any special breathing sequence being discussed during the steps of lifting; it's body position that counts. That being said - if I've blanked out on something important here, I hope someone else will jump in and clarify things.
Thank you again for your story and please keep us posted on your progress. There is absolutely nothing more valuable on this forum, than the help that one member can give to another who is going through the same stage of this journey. - Surviving
UnCloudyDay
July 14, 2018 - 6:28am
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Here’s a link where Christine discusses breath and exertion
https://www.wholewoman.com/forum/comment/58254#comment-58254
I do believe from what she says here that she teaches the opposite of the PT world. Body position seems to be vital, but with exertion she says you are stronger on the in breath. So, she exerts on the in breath. Surely if lifting a small and light object that isn’t necessary? I’m not sure. Someone else can clarify if I’m not reading it correctly.
Marja
July 14, 2018 - 10:06am
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That makes sense
Thank you Surviving and your answer eases my mind. And thank you Uncloudyday, Christine explains it very well on that topic. Does feel more natural that way, other way around i feel tense downstairs. It is just something that I have been overthinking.
I can lift 10kg, so I’ll be all rigth. I’m construction painter and I have always known that my profession would someday ruin my health and wear me out (toxin, dust, heavy lifting and the fact that you have to work twice more than your male coworkers hehe) I love to paint and it has been hard to let go over the last years. Now I have to accept that carrying 40kg paint around is not for me.
Two years ago I broke my heelbone at work and after that I shifted to office. At that time I started to get pelvic spasms similar to labor pain. So I guess my body has been telling me something for a while.
I feel that after many months I can finally breathe. This was not the end. I been struggling with frequent bacterial vaginosis. Hemorrhoids nice. Progesterone birth control workt for me before, but no it makes me worse (constant bleeding). So got off those pills and feel better with all my intimate problems. Haven’t try honey/vinegar yet but that’s next. I will prefer natural remedies in future, rather than destroying all my own bacterial. Just cured ear infection with apple sider vinegar and olive oil, far more better option than taking antibiotics.
What Christine says in that topic reminds me discussion with my husband. I told him that I have pulled my stomach in every day since age 12 and pull it in exercising. He does weight lifting and never pull his cuts in. He explained something similar about having firm support in abdominal, lower belly relaxed and hold in upper belly and learning breathing techniques when he started at young age. He said to look at professional athletes, they don’t pull it in. it’s amusing all this time he’s been doing it right.