biofeedback

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hi andria!

i too am going to try biofeedback...

someone, i think laurie (sorry if i got it wrong) responded and wrote about

being hooked up to electrodes... this is not at all what happened to me. i

haven't started the exercises yet because i just ordered the machine. the

concept is simple... our pelvic muscles have a resting rate (as do all

muscles) and they spasm (as do all muscles) it has been found that when

inserting a probe into the vagina and measuring these things, many many

women with vulvar pain have abnormally high resting rates and the spasms are

more extreme then normal. (in the pelvis that is!) they have found that

pelvic exercises, basically kegels, over time will reduce both the resting

rates and spasm strengths.... they want you to exercise the muscle to make

it healthier, to promote blood flow to the area and promote healing. i had

fun during my initial eval. i could visually see where my resting rate

was... and could compare it to what my doc said was normal! and i could see

my muscle movement(spasms) even tho i wasn't contracting my muscles. then i

did the exercises as a practice round... contract and release... even tho we

didn't do many, after i was done... the resting level had already GONE

DOWN!! of course it returned to the orginial level since we hadn't worked

for very long. but it was very interesting. i don't know about you but the

pain i have had has affected my ability to relax my pelvic muscles!

there is always the possibility that it will be found that your pelvic

muscles are already at normal levels... then you don't have to buy the

machine. also, i have been told that the exercise may help my senstitive

bladder and irritable bowel syndrome!

anyway.. i too am still in beginning stages, so good luck. respond if what

i have wrote is confusing!

katie

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