You know that feeling of excitement you get when you won't be on your period during vacation? Now imagine that you end up getting it anyway on the second day of your trip. I once had a painful, cramp-filled period that lasted a full month on a family vacation, and then I didn't get one again for three months. Irregular periods with severe cramps are a telltale sign of PCOS.
Dr. Fromberg explained that the reproductive system gets congested the same way the lymphatic system can when you have a cold. When we don't exercise our pelvic muscles, the blood in our pelvic veins can start to build up. This can cause severe pain in the pelvic muscles, making it even more important for women with PCOS to exercise consistently. Try positions in which your pelvis is inverted, like a Shoulder Stand with your body leaning against a wall, a restorative exercise that Dr. Fromberg recommends to get the blood in your pelvic veins moving. This, I would say, has been the most effective for me in seeing direct results. One straight month of doing this pose every day brought my cycle back to a place where I could predict my period within a week . . . without any pain.
