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Re: Has anyone experienced pain with stretching and excercise???
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Oct 21 10:30:02 2005
Let us know if it does work for you!
At Fri, 21 Oct 2005, LORRIE wrote:
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>Well...that's what I thought as well. Any time I stretch my abdominal
>muscles it kills me. And I work in healthcare and I think it sounds
>crazy but I am willing to try it for a month, unless it hurts so bad I
>can't bear it.
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>At Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Alyson wrote:
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>>Most of my pain definately seemed to stem from cardio and exercises
>>involving the use of my stomach muscles. Crunches, ball work, and arms.
>>I have such a pooch now b/c I am afraid to do anything that might
>>involve my stomach. Yoga bothers me a little bit, but not nearly as bad
>>as the weights/cardio. Its interesting that your doctor wants you to
>>increase exercies. I've never heard of the concept of "breaking up"
>>endo and adhesions. It doesn't seem like that is possible and I would
>>think it would only serve to aggrivate the scar tissue. Obviously I'm
>>not a doctor...just sounds weird to me.
>>Alyson
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>>At Fri, 21 Oct 2005, LORRIE wrote:
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>>>Interesting that you all are posting these messages regarding exercise.
>>>When I saw my gyne last week, he asked if I had been doing weight
>>>training in addition to my cardio. I do some mild stretching with
>>>weights, mostly on the big balls. He wanted me to increase my weight to
>>>see if it would break up the adhesions/endo, and asked me if it hurt to
>>>do weights and if that was why I had opted out of doing. I am finding
>>>it hurts like heck, especially to do anything overhead, like going from
>>>my waist to over my head while laying on the ball, because it stretches
>>>out my abdominal muscles. Are you all experiencing pain when you do
>>>weight training like this? He wanted me to increase it, but I really
>>>can't cause it hurts so much.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Lorrie
>>>
>>>At Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Alyson wrote:
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>>>>Hareem,
>>>>I had to stop working out because I was in so much pain afterward. I
>>>>was doing cardio and light weight training and would come home and not
>>>>be able to stand up. Walking the dog also became a more difficult task
>>>>than it should have been. Since working out was too painful I bought a
>>>>yoga tape and did that at home a few times a week. I still felt like I
>>>>was getting exercise, but it wasn't nearly as painful as working out.
>>>>I'm glad they are working toward a diagnosis for you.
>>>>Alyson
>>>>
>>>>At Thu, 20 Oct 2005, har wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>I am in the process of getting my chronic pelvic pain (not as bad as
>>>>>some of you out there) diagnosed -- gyne says it is possibly endo.
>>>>>Anyway, last week i went to the gym and the pain got so bad that I could
>>>>>not sit or walk too much for couple of days. Also I have noticed that
>>>>>when I stretch my stomach muscles, even for simple tasks as coughing and
>>>>>sneezing I feel the sharp pain in the lower left pelvic
>>>>>area. Long walks also cause my normal dull pelvic pain to become sharp.
>>>>>
>>>>>Has anyone experienced this?
>>>>>
>>>>>I just had a colonoscopy today -- along with all the other 100 tests the
>>>>>colonoscopy was clear too :(
>>>>>
>>>>>Have a bright and smiling day everyone,
>>>>>Hareem
>>>
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