I thought I had I interstycial cystitis for the last ten years with stress the trigger. The last three months I have been in excruciating pain. I even thought I was passing kidney stones. The burning felt like my bladder was a raw inflamed sore. I prayed to Jesus and this exercise has been healing me. I could not be more grateful. I had no idea my muscles were staying so clenched. I keep catching myself now after trying this. I literally keep doing this all day and the pain keeps residing. I have felt so much better. I so hope this helps someone. I would never ever dreamed this was my issue.
Yes I can't recommend enough a GOOD Pelvic floor therapist. I've been diagnosed with IC for two decades and I am comfortable with that diagnosis given my situation, but I really think most of the pain is from pelvic floor dysfunction and the constant fear and tension of chronic pain stemming from a months long infection in my early teens. Yes my bladder is scarred, but most of the pain is a trained response from those months of peeing fire and even once I was cleared of the infection, it never stopped. So I stayed clenched when that pain was evidence as I was scared a flare would happen. So pelvic floor therapy, imo, should be a primary treatment for patients with IC.
I couldn't understand this exercise in my in-person pelvic floor physiotherapy, but the example of the flower blossoming was very helpful, thanks a lot for the video!
This video help me a lot to reduce pain of sexual intercourse when i tried to blossoming a flower with my breath . First try but the result made me and husband feel better
Thank you Dr. Wong for your kindness and understanding. I love the visualization exercise you presented and I appreciate your going through the process with me. I look forward to getting more relaxed. Any other exercises or tips would be appreciated. With gratitude.
So glad it was helpful! Pelvic floor exercises can often be difficult to teach because it's something that has to be felt and isn't visual. We put a lot of effort in making sure the instructions are clear and easy to understand. Thank you for the kind comment :)
I feel like I know how to contract and then release to default but i dont know how to loosen past that. When I did the breathing exercise with the towel I didnt really feel a different in pressure. Any advise?
I learned with other muscle groups in pilates that if you don't feel the muscles at first you can start to feel them if you keep trying to do the exercise every day and focusing on that area of the body
This video is really helpful at explaining how to engage your pelvic floor with exercise. My only question is why you suggest to engage on the in breath as all other yogies and pelvic floor pts say on exhale as that is when the pelvic floor naturally rises slightly otherwise you are fighting against it’s desire to push down- or is that the idea?
i was doing wim hof breathing exercise while sitting on a stability disc which caused tight abs/lower body. That in conjunction with years of weighted oblique crunches almost daily and too many dietary oxalates caused bladder pain. What to do? happy baby, childs pose, splits stretches and minimal straight crunches daily, low oxalates has helped muscles in abs not to be so tight. Also wearing a mask was hindering my belly breathing. Awareness of breathing and the pelvic floor is a learned skill. I will now do tummo breathing training instead on floor so that breathing is in line with proper pelvic floor movement during breathing
Is it normal to feel a pulse down there while using the towel? How often/long should we do this? I plan to do this all day everyday since I work from home…until my pelvic floor softens.
what made me understand was realizing that holding your pee mid-stream is the opposite of relaxing...so when you relax your pelvic floor, the pee comes out and it's kind of the same with the breathing out technique, you have to do the opposite of holding your pee. does it make sense?
Why was that the picture for painful sex? Why is painful sex always depicted as turmoil for the penis having partner when it's supposed to be about the person with the problem with insertion? Why is it when it comes to sex, all of the focus is on male partners when the issue is supposed to be about what the female/ Volva partner is going through? Some of us have vaginismus because of the social pressure of the hyper focusing on male pleasure aka the patriarchy!
Should you breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth? Should you breathe in and out through your nose? Should you breathe in and out through your mouth?
I thought I had I interstycial cystitis for the last ten years with stress the trigger. The last three months I have been in excruciating pain. I even thought I was passing kidney stones. The burning felt like my bladder was a raw inflamed sore. I prayed to Jesus and this exercise has been healing me. I could not be more grateful. I had no idea my muscles were staying so clenched. I keep catching myself now after trying this. I literally keep doing this all day and the pain keeps residing. I have felt so much better. I so hope this helps someone. I would never ever dreamed this was my issue.
Yes I can't recommend enough a GOOD Pelvic floor therapist. I've been diagnosed with IC for two decades and I am comfortable with that diagnosis given my situation, but I really think most of the pain is from pelvic floor dysfunction and the constant fear and tension of chronic pain stemming from a months long infection in my early teens. Yes my bladder is scarred, but most of the pain is a trained response from those months of peeing fire and even once I was cleared of the infection, it never stopped. So I stayed clenched when that pain was evidence as I was scared a flare would happen. So pelvic floor therapy, imo, should be a primary treatment for patients with IC.
I couldn't understand this exercise in my in-person pelvic floor physiotherapy, but the example of the flower blossoming was very helpful, thanks a lot for the video!
This video help me a lot to reduce pain of sexual intercourse when i tried to blossoming a flower with my breath . First try but the result made me and husband feel better
Is it completely cured??
Dear please help me
Thank you Dr. Wong for your kindness and understanding. I love the visualization exercise you presented and I appreciate your going through the process with me. I look forward to getting more relaxed. Any other exercises or tips would be appreciated. With gratitude.
so much more sensation every time i do this exercise! thank you so much!
The animation is really helpful as well as visualizing the flower opening. Thank you!
So glad it was helpful! Pelvic floor exercises can often be difficult to teach because it's something that has to be felt and isn't visual. We put a lot of effort in making sure the instructions are clear and easy to understand. Thank you for the kind comment :)
Thank you so much for this demonstration. It helped reduce my pain a bit immediately.
Thanks Gods. Now i fully understand what reverse kegel is. Thank a lot
as someone who struggles alot of these problems, thank you❤❤
You are so welcome!
Thank you, this is a very clear and helpful explanation.
This video is also beneficial for people who are going to be pushing out a baby.
I feel like I know how to contract and then release to default but i dont know how to loosen past that. When I did the breathing exercise with the towel I didnt really feel a different in pressure. Any advise?
Bigger towel
It worked for me! Thank you 😊
I can’t feel my pelvis moving down when I breathe in, which makes it really hard to imagine the flower blossoming and to relax…why is that?
Yeah its difficult lol
I do the other kind of kegels not the reverse...it helped 😊
I learned with other muscle groups in pilates that if you don't feel the muscles at first you can start to feel them if you keep trying to do the exercise every day and focusing on that area of the body
good video but I dont get why the background music has to be so loud and drown out your lovely voice!
This video is really helpful at explaining how to engage your pelvic floor with exercise. My only question is why you suggest to engage on the in breath as all other yogies and pelvic floor pts say on exhale as that is when the pelvic floor naturally rises slightly otherwise you are fighting against it’s desire to push down- or is that the idea?
Pls how is the flower blossoming done
I don't understand
i was doing wim hof breathing exercise while sitting on a stability disc which caused tight abs/lower body. That in conjunction with years of weighted oblique crunches almost daily and too many dietary oxalates caused bladder pain. What to do? happy baby, childs pose, splits stretches and minimal straight crunches daily, low oxalates has helped muscles in abs not to be so tight. Also wearing a mask was hindering my belly breathing. Awareness of breathing and the pelvic floor is a learned skill. I will now do tummo breathing training instead on floor so that breathing is in line with proper pelvic floor movement during breathing
This is also for cpps/ chronic prostatitis as well ma'am. Also we have to sit or stand for this?
May i ask what exercises I can do whilst at work... sitting at my desk. Thank you
Ideal time for doing this??
Is it normal to feel a pulse down there while using the towel? How often/long should we do this? I plan to do this all day everyday since I work from home…until my pelvic floor softens.
has it gotten better?
So like baring down?
Please croatian or bosnian translate ❤Thanks
i still don't understand 😭
what made me understand was realizing that holding your pee mid-stream is the opposite of relaxing...so when you relax your pelvic floor, the pee comes out
and it's kind of the same with the breathing out technique, you have to do the opposite of holding your pee. does it make sense?
Why was that the picture for painful sex? Why is painful sex always depicted as turmoil for the penis having partner when it's supposed to be about the person with the problem with insertion? Why is it when it comes to sex, all of the focus is on male partners when the issue is supposed to be about what the female/ Volva partner is going through?
Some of us have vaginismus because of the social pressure of the hyper focusing on male pleasure aka the patriarchy!
प्लीज मराठीत कोण सांगेल काय
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Should you breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth?
Should you breathe in and out through your nose?
Should you breathe in and out through your mouth?
i do the tummo breathing in thru nose out mouth but also in mouth out mouth
What's wrong with your voice? 😢