Can AquaStretching help women with menstrual cramps or dysmenorrhea?
Some women have reported almost immediate relief from menstrual cramping and several women have reported significant improvements in their dysmenorrhea problems following facilitated Aquatic YogaDancing and/or by doing certain AquaStretch exercises, usually One Leg Standing, Two Heavy Feet, and Cobra. In particular, women who have menstrual cramping problems and/or dysmenorrhea, and who also suffer from lower back pain, seem to consistently have improvements from AquaStretching and Aquatic YogaDancing. Let me cite one lady’s experience, someone who suffered from dysmenorrhea for over 10 years, in what is probably an extreme case to demonstrate the potential benefits of AquaStretching for menstrual problems. She typically had 5 days of intense bleeding, which caused her extreme fatigue and produced medically confirmed anemia. When bleeding, she also had significant clotting problems. Between menses, she constantly had intermittent P.M.S. irritability, moderate cramping, and lower back p
