Re: Abs of dough... any hope for a PCOS belly?
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:04:44 -0700
I don't think those ab stimulators do much. I donh't think that the intensity
needed to be effective is safe to do at home. I remember how many precautions
and contraindications we had to learn in physical therapy school for
electrical stimulation, and I get scared about untrained people doing it.
One thing to think about. If you've ever had abdominal or groin surgery, and
you have a "pouch" even while thin, you may have lymphedema in the abdomen.
One of my staff members recently went to a lymphedema class. She had had a
"pouch" since childhood. She learned that the hernia surgery she had damaged
her lymphatic system, and she's had lymphedema all this time. She learned some
self-massage, and it's helped.
If that profile fits you, then you may want to seek out a lymphedema
specialist (nurse, or physical therapist). http://www.lymphnet.org is a good place
to start.
Renee
"Barb C." wrote:
>
> Me too,
> What do you think of those electronic muscle stimulators?
> You know the one's that are advertised on television all the
> time;showing these people with washing board abdomens.
> The thought of wearing one around my ab makes me nauseated.
> Has anyone ever tried one?
> Just wondering if this would cause problems for us ,or if in fact;it
> would do anything at all.
>
> I am curious if this is going to be a lifetime ordeal with the doughy
> abdomen.
> I am normal everywhere else...there is nothing that seems to help me
> with my inflating abdomen.
> I carry all my "dough" in the lower abdomen.
> Even when I was paper thin-I always had a pouch.
>
> At Wed, 17 Apr 2002, jodi wrote:
> >
> >I am really getting irritated by the doughiness of my stomach as of
> >late. I'm not daft enough to believe I'll ever be one of those annoying
> >flat-stomached girls in the low-slung flared leg Mudds... but I'd sure
> >love to lose some of this gut. I do aerobic type exercise, I try to eat
> >PCOS-friendly, I take met... but there's this doughiness. I think I
> >really need to do some abdominal work but it seems like whenever I do, I
> >must not be doing ti right because I never feel anything. It's like the
> >rolls of fat keep me from doing it correctly... as if you can only do
> >ab work if you already have a flat stomach! Has anyone found any
> >routines for the gut that help?
> >
> >- jodi
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Barb C.
>
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