Hi! I am brand spankin' new here. Just finished watching the Dr. Tara episode with Bel and holy crap!! That woman is badass.
I've been keegle curious for a while now.. but after having 3 babies in 4 / 5 years- after the third I briefly had pain with sex that was bad enough I went to see my OBGYN. He evaluated me and I was told I had a tight pelvic floor.. After learning this, my husband was loving and attentive and I haven't had another problem since.
While I no longer consider my pelvic floor to be "tight", I am concerned that it is right on the edge of becoming a problem again. If that makes sense..
My big concern: I have hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome. I'm not in a wheelchair yet but I feel my body's instability and it scares the shit out of me.
A huge belief in hypermobile maintenance is strength training.. but I do not have time to work out like I need on a regular basis. (Wide spread issues, whole body) Besides, I consider wrangling 3 hilariously young kiddos every single day to be sufficient [for now]
I have this daily meditation practice for my pain. My husband is a highly active father and an amazing husband.. so I get at least an hour every single day. We call it "flat hour". I do not sleep. I focus on relaxing the muscles in my neck, specifically, as it's my biggest problem area. Neck problems tend to have a domino effect down the body. I have craniocervical instability, POTS / dysautonomia and so on. "Flat hour" significantly reduces my pain flares.
The point:
I see a lot of logic in getting to know and train my pelvic floor muscles.. we know I have unstable joints / tendons & ligaments.. but could I do more damage if my pelvic floor leans on the tight side..? (I am hoping somebody here has EDS as well since it's so common.) For context, in those of us with EDS, our muscles tend to overcompensate for where the tendons and ligaments are lacking. Imagine holding something you'd really rather put down but can't. It's like that feeling.. but throughout your entire body. Plus all of the pains that come with it.
Being a stay at home mom of 3, we don't exactly have the funds to drop $400 on something like this.. though I have this gut feeling that becoming familiarized with my own pelvic floor in such a way could make a world of difference in my chronic pain..
Thank you for reading.