Maria Yasinta Sri Swastiningsih was born in 1948 (Indonesia) and has suffered from pelvic organ prolapse since 2012. She asked for a medical recommendation for her stage III prolapse by several gynecologists in Indonesia who all agreed surgery would be the best option. Despite this, María Yasinta wasn´t excited about the idea of a surgery. After four years of daily living with this horrible condition, she visited Dr.Carla, a gynecologist at the hospital Restu Kaish (Jakarta) to do another assessment. Dr. Carla also agreed with the diagnosis of stage III uterus prolapse but recommended that she perform hypopressive exercise as an alternative exercise therapy for pelvic floor dysfunctions. Dr. Carla was familiar with hypopressive exercise because she recently attended a conference about “low pressure exercise” at a seminar on women´s health for midwifes.
This is how Maria kept in touch with me to learn Low Pressure Fitness. During the first few sessions she had difficulties learning the technique (it´s not easy to learn without qualified supervision and instruction). The biggest challenges were the breath-hold and the abdominal vaccuum. After four initial sessions to learn the proper technique, I felt comfortable letting her train by her own at home.
After 3 months of Low Pressure Fitness, I strongly urged her to do another assessment with her physician to check the status of her pelvic floor issue. I think I was even more curious than her to learn about the results. Surprisingly, the stage III prolapase was gone! There was no bulging and all of her symptoms improved (heaviness, constipation…). Many women give up and consider pelvic floor dysfunction as a normal issue for their age. However, age or other risk factors related to pelvic floor dysfunction should never be a reason stop exercising and caring about one’s health.
Harry Setiarso
Low Pressure Fitness coach