The pelvic floor therapist has revealed the simple stretching exercises she recommends to relieve menstrual cramps, and fans who have tried them claim they really work.
Dr. Alicia Jeffrey Thomas, a Massachusetts-based physiotherapy doctor, demonstrated the yoga movement in a video shared on her popular @scrambledjamTikTok account.
“Some of my reliance” is a 30-year-old who has captioned a clip that has been viewed over 4.1 million times since it was posted earlier this month.
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Dr. Alicia Jeffrey Thomas, a Massachusetts-based physiotherapy doctor, has now demonstrated her “reliable” stretching exercise to relieve menstrual cramps in a viral TikTok video.
Jeffrey Thomas, who started with a child pose, recommended that each exercise be done for at least one minute, focusing on breathing.
Jeffrey-Thomas started with a child’s pose, sitting on his lap, leaning forward, and showing his arms outstretched.
The physiotherapist then put his left foot forward, dropped his knees to the floor, and posed for a pigeon, as if he was about to step into a rush. Her left leg remained stretched behind her while she was stretched.
Next was a cat cow pose combined with a spinal circle. She sucked in and bent her hips, lifting her head like a “cow” and kneeling on her all fours. She then arched her spine and bowed her head like a “cat.”
She drew a circle on her back, alternating between these two positions.
The final pose is to rest with your feet on the front wall while lying on your back with your hands on your stomach.
Jeffrey-Thomas recommended that each exercise be done for at least 1 minute, focusing on breathing.
She explained that you should inhale for For 5 seconds, “inflate your lower abdomen as if you swallowed a beach ball,” and exhale for 5-7 seconds.
The physiotherapist then put his left foot forward, dropped his knees to the floor, and posed for a pigeon, as if he was about to step into a rush.
Next, she crawls on all fours, posing a cat cow in combination with a spinal circle.
The final pose is to rest with your feet on the front wall while lying on your back with your hands on your stomach.
Over 11,000 TikTok users commented on this video and many women shared their best poses.
“During a terrible cramp, the child’s poses will be very different,” wrote one woman, but another woman added:
“Children’s poses and pigeons are great for me,” someone else shared.
Others were surprised to already know to do these stretches “instinctively” when suffering from menstrual cramps.
This video seemed incredible timing for many viewers who were just starting their period and were looking for peace of mind.
“I’ve just started my period at the perfect time and I’m in pain,” said TikToker.
This video has been watched more than 4.1 million times, and many fans refer to the comments and share the best pose for themselves.
Jeffrey-Thomas also got infected with the virus last summer, saying that after warning him to pee in the shower, it could lead to a “leak problem” in the future.
“I literally started my period 10 minutes ago,” another person added.
“But how did you know the algorithm?” Someone else joked.
When Jeffrey Thomas warned against peeing in the shower last summer, it was talked about that it could lead to a “leak problem” in the future.
“If you pee in the shower, turn on the faucet, or turn on the shower and then sit in the bathroom and pee while the water is flowing, you have to pee with the sound of running water. Creating an association in the brain in between.’She told the viewer.
“We combine it with pelvic floor dysfunction — now or in the future — when we hear the water flowing out of the shower, it will potentially lead to some leak problems.
She added that people born of female anatomy were “not designed to stand and pee,” adding that the pelvic floor was not properly relaxed and the bladder was normally emptied. I explained that it wouldn’t be.
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