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Christine
August 30, 2006 - 12:11pm
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Welcome, Rachel
The jury's out on these devices. From my viewpoint though, they offer little in the way of correcting our natural pelvic organ support system. The general dysfunction with prolapse is one of prolonged myofascial strain either acutely with a lot of force (birth) or chronically with less force. These lead to the sustained changes in myofascial length we are all too familiar with. I believe the focal point of the actual pelvic interior dysfunction (the whole musculoskeleton is the primary focal point) is across the middle of the pelvic diaphragm. When this area loses its tension, it shortens, widens and sags. Because of accompanying skeletal change, the organs are pulled back toward an unsupportive, weakened wall. It moves toward these dimensions when the pubic bone and tailbone move closer together, as in these sorts of exercises. All muscles have a functional length, and studies show that deleterious change is most pronounced in SHORTENED rather than lengthened muscles.
Christine
guenevere
September 6, 2006 - 11:37pm
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you mentioned about the diaphragm I'm a singer
I sing alot and was wondering the pressure being put on the diaphragm am I hurting the rectalocele and prolaspe more.
Christine
September 7, 2006 - 2:59pm
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singing
We've discussed singing a bit...just use the SEARCH function on the left of the screen and it will pull up those posts.
louiseds
September 12, 2006 - 4:27am
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I'm a singer
Hi Guenevere
I've thought about this a lot. I figure that 'singing breathing' is just another producer of intraabdominal pressure. It is nothing to be scared of; just use your posture to diffuse it, just like you do with coughing, sneezing, or bracing to lift an object. Intraabdominal pressure cannot be avoided; it is not bad. It is just something that happens in everyday life. Another trick is to sing with full lungs, rather than half-empty lungs, so that your ribcage is lifted all the time, which will help keep your 'hub' tight, and all your pelvic organs in position over your pubis. You may need to breathe a little more often sometimes, but I have found that wholewoman posture and singing go hand in hand.Embrace it and keep singing!!
Cheers
Louise