Moments of Permanence - bodies are weird

From: fred_mouse Date: March 6th, 2023 12:34 pm (UTC) (Link)

Oh that sucks about the stomach muscles. And those 'gentle' physio exercises, argh. I mean, it took a year before I could actually feel the butt muscle that wouldn't engage actually do anything, and I hate the exercises so. much.

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From: sami Date: March 9th, 2023 08:56 am (UTC) (Link)

I'm very fortunate that I can apparently still engage my pelvic floor and even the transverse abdominals.

According to the physio this is actually very normal and to be expected because the surgeries I had, at least between them, represent a greater insult to my transverse abdominal muscles than having a Caesarean section, so it's not at all surprising I need the rehab but I should be on a pretty standard rehab path.

I never knew it would feel so good to have a medical problem that's just textbook.

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