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Note: Please
if you haven't already read it,
click here to read about visceral manipulation
before getting too deep into this section.
Period pain, in common terms, is spasms within
the uterine wall to eject what would have become a
placenta through the cervix and into the vaginal
cavity for 'disposal'. The cervix itself is
very reliant on good placement of the uterus to
allow dilation and ejection of this matter.
If, for whatever reason, the uterus is not in ideal
position, the muscular wall of the uterus has to
work far harder to eject that material.
Whilst the individual reasons for misalignments
are myriad and far too involved to describe in
detail here, the basic types are commonly accepted
and described.
Retro - the uterus is 'fallen' back into the
abdomen creating a bottle neck in the cervix and
uterine base. Often in response to rectal
dysfunction, sigmoid dysfunction round or broad
ligament dysfunction.
Side-bend - the uterus is deviated to one side or
the other. Typically due to round or broad
ligament dysfunction, post surgical dysfunction
and/or trauma.
Ante - the uterus in projected towards the front
of the abdomen with mechanisms similar to a retro
displacement.
Post surgical complications - often following
caesarean deliveries. Post surgical adhesions
and scars can effect the position and function of
the uterus AND surrounding tissues drastically.
In very much the same way as described in
female sexual
function (quoted below) period pain requires
correction of tensions between the component organs
and structures of the pelvis in the first instance
and correction of other remote sites that are
mechanically or hydraulically inducing those
misalignments.
The first thing to state categorically is that NO
internal work is ever done in Ashmore Health Centre.
Not only is it illegal, it is un-necessary.
Clients are typically fully clothed and when hands
are positioned, clients are often invited to check
what is happening directly as well as having the
goals of each movement described in as much detail
as they desire.
Most of the time, you will feel a very specific
set of pressures applied to different structures
through the abdomen and be asked to move in a very
specific way to facilitate the actual release.
Most women are VERY surprised at how little the
techniques even seem to intrude upon their modesty,
even if they've had this style of work in the past.
We are not working on the mechanisms of arousal, we
are working on the structures that are preventing
correct response to that arousal. Like all of
Visceral Manipulation, techniques are done sparingly
and relatively quickly with quite long interim
periods, typically two or more weeks between visits.
Sometimes a woman will be asked to come in at
roughly the same time of her cycle to address a
particular problem. This is more the exception
than the normal though UNLESS working specifically
with period pain.
Painful?.. NO! My goal is for any woman I
work with in this capacity to get to a stage where
she is essentially 'surprised' by her period.
Pain, cramps and the like are NOT normal, as much as
the pharmaceutical companies would like to say
different. Of course, they make profit from
medication sales, not painless periods without
medications.
At worst, menses (period) should be no more than
an inconvenience with pain levels approaching how
your muscles might feel after a few more stomach
crunches than normal. Heat packs and the
like?... no! Pain-killers and
anti-inflammatory drugs?.. - so far past "no" it
needs a new word for "no".
Can a misplaced uterus lead to or contribute to
endometriosis?.. YES!
The harder a uterus has to contract and deform to
eject now ex-placental tissue, the more likely it is
that cells can escape their confines due to
pressures involved AND the more likely physical
trauma at a microscopic level to the uterus is.
Can Myotherapy fix endometriosis? No. Once
those endometrial cells are free, they are free and
will relocate until removed or other wise
neutralised. What myotherapy in general and
visceral manipulation can do is prevent the
circumstances leading to more endometrial cells
being forced from the uterus and help the effected
tissues deal with their endometrial cell invasions
more effectively. |
