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Urinary and Stress Incontinence
Half
of the women between 40 and 50 have some problem in this area. 90% do
not seek treatment. 28% of women that are active in college sports
experience problems. 50% of women complain of incontinence problems
after child birth.
Kegel exercises are designed to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles
(also called your PC muscles). Kegel exercises can be good for women who
are experiencing incontinence (as a result of childbirth, medical
treatment, or changes/stress on the body), and they have also been
recommended as a way of changing how orgasms feel (some, but not all,
women say it enhances their orgasms).
Your pelvis is the foundation for your body and on this foundation many
muscles and organs attach. The pelvic floor is like a suspension bridge,
anchored at your pubic bone and your sits bones (ischial tuberosities –
for those who want technicality). The muscles of the pelvic floor look
like a double wish bone.
What would cause problems in this area? Fall down – go boom, child
birth, tearing or incisions during child birth all can cause a constant
nerve irritation, fatiguing the muscle to the point where they are
unable to maintain even normal tone. This leads to leakage, of urine and
sometimes rectal. Are there any other factors that can contribute to the
problem? Yes!
What would happen if the pillars that the suspension bridge cables were
attached to were unstable? What would then occur every time pressure was
placed on the floor of the bridge? The answer is there would be no
resistance for the cables to pull against and the floor of the bridge
would collapse. Now apply this to your body.
What does every body worker, i.e. chiropractor, massage therapist,
physiotherapist talk about? Unleveled hips, twisted hips, high hip, low
hip, you get the picture and we are taught the hips should be moving.
However, the muscles attaching to the hips are some how overlooked. As
are the organs, i.e. uterus, bladder, genitalia that are attached to the
twisted hips. What is their cure? Strengthen the muscles and the organs
are a separate issue. This works as long as the structure the muscles
are attached to is stable. But no matter how the hips are described, if
the pelvic bones are moving and unstable, every time the muscle they are
trying to strengthen contracts, the bones will move, negating the effect
of the exercise. Also the muscle is probably already fatigued from
trying to hold things together while you go through your daily
activities. It’s no wonder that the therapy or exercise are not always
effective. What do you think is going to happen to the organs attached
to the pelvic bones?
How many people have problems in the hip area? From back pain,
constipation, menstrual problems, infertility, etc. etc. The answer is
pelvic instability affects many people in many different ways. This is
probably the most overlooked, misunderstood area of the body.
This is why Dr. Dave put so much emphasis on stabilizing the pelvis. If
the bones the muscles are attached to move every time the muscle
contracts, it will change the way the muscle works.
For your body to work properly there must be a solid foundation. Because
of his own experience with back pain, he has found that with his hips
stable and exercise, his core muscles are much more effective in
contracting.
His focus is on stabilizing the pelvic bones that the muscles and organs
attach to, restoring controlled motion throughout the entire body,
allowing them to function properly. This is done through the use of
wedges, strategically placed under your hips to realign and restore
stability and controlled motion to your body. Gravity and breathing
generate the force to stimulate the correction. This procedure works
within your body’s ability to heal (physiologic adaptive range),
allowing you to maintain the correction long term with minor tune ups
along the way.
Body workers are taught movement is good. So, if your hips (foundation)
is moving it must be good. How would this notion apply to the foundation
on your house? Would you allow the foundation on your house to be
“mobilized”?
You are entitled to receive all of the benefits of Kegel exercises. If
this sounds of interest to you, it will benefit you to look into having
a treatment from Dr. Dave. You will feel the difference. Call now for
your appointment, 636-227-4949 and go to the link below for more
information.
Kegel
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