URO Question-Re: Re: Info desperately ! - Laxity

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In a message dated 2/1/04 1:53:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, mike@...

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> . Also she released the urethera and it

> rid me of a constant cycle of being cathetered (sp) which would only

> retraumatise my pelvic muscles

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> This is a question that I have been wanting to ask. I have had PT work that

> I never thought I would be lying on a table having!! I am not doing well at

> the part with biofeedback and the muscular work. My muscles are in such a

> high state of alert all the time with such abnormally high resting tone

(pelvic

> muscles) that when they need to relax to do things in the bathroom, they

> can't. The abdominal muscles can coordinate well with the pelvic muscle but

these

> muscles are just too fatigued at times to maintain the tone when they need

> to but also can't relax to do what they need to do on command at all. Does

> make sense?

>

> I was wondering if others have had this problem and how many? Are their many

> others that have had to be catherized intermittedly like at nights and in

> mornings? I am just resisting this so mmuch and so worried about it that that

> isn't helping either I'm sure. I am running out of the time they've given me

> for improvement.

> I would really appreciate what others have to say about this.

> thanks you guys!

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