Natural Relief for Painful Periods: The Role of Uterine Position
Womb Health Mini Series
Part One: How Your Uterus’s Position Affects Hormone Balance & Women’s Health
Part Two: Natural Relief for Painful Periods: The Role of Uterine Position
Part Three: Optimizing Uterine Position for Better Fertility and Conception
Part Four: The Impact of IUDs on Your Uterus: What Every Woman Should Know
Are your periods taking over your life each month? The stabbing pains in your pelvis keep you from work, cause you to cancel plans, and leave you curled up on the couch with a heating pad. Maybe you've accepted this monthly period pain as normal. Your doctor might have even told you it's “just part of being a woman”.
But if you’re experiencing painful period symptoms, like these:
- Sharp, stabbing pains that radiate through your pelvis
- Cramping so intense you need to take time off work
- Lower back aches that worsen during your cycle
- Heavy bleeding that leaves you exhausted
- Pain during bowel movements while menstruating
- Bloating that makes your clothes uncomfortable
- And even nausea and digestive issues around your period
…it’s actually a sign that your uterus is not in a good position in your pelvis.
I see women in my practice who've spent years taking painkillers, using heating pads, and planning their lives around their cycles. Many have been told that birth control is their only option to relieve the pain. But what no one has told you is how the position of your uterus actually affects your menstrual pain.
The Root Cause of Period Pain
When your uterus is out of her optimal position, she ends up working harder than necessary to regulate your hormones throughout the month, creating intense inflammation and pain around your period. A low or tilted uterus strains during your cycle, turning what should be a normal, painless, monthly process into days of severe cramping that take over your life. When your uterus is not in her optimal position in your pelvis, she does not get the blood, lymph, and nerve flow she needs to function optimally, and menstruation becomes painful.
Remember, your uterus is a muscle. She needs space to have full range of motion to move throughout her cycle, and receive proper circulation. When she is compressed, low and in a position where she is unable to receive proper circulation, building and shedding her lining will be more challenging, and bleeding becomes painful.
However, when your uterus is lifted and centered properly in your pelvis, everything changes. Your can enjoy a cycle without those debilitating cramps, bleeding that starts red and ends red, minimal to no change in digestion, plenty of energy, and you don’t have to plan your life around your cycle anymore.
These symptoms aren't something you have to live with forever. By optimizing your uterine position, you can experience pain-free periods— no medication or birth control required.
Physical Signs Your Uterus is Out of Position
Your uterine position affects the function of all your pelvic organs (including your bladder and bowel), creating symptoms many doctors dismiss as "normal." When she is low, compressed, tilted backward, forward, or sideways- it disrupts how you feel, move, and even how your clothes fit.
Do any of these symptoms sound familiar?
Menstrual Issues:
- Cramps severe enough to disrupt your plans
- Unusually heavy periods with significant clotting
- Fertility concerns or an endometriosis diagnosis
- Intense menopause symptoms
Sexual Health Changes:
- Pain or discomfort during intercourse
- Decreased natural lubrication
- Difficulty reaching orgasm or less intense orgasms
Physical Discomfort:
- Persistent lower abdomen protrusion
- Widened waistline
- Chronic bloating
- Ongoing pelvic heaviness
- Daily low back pain
- Unexplained hip pain
- Tailbone pain while sitting
- Persistent poor posture
Digestive and Urinary Changes:
- Frequent urgent bathroom needs
- Leaking
- Ongoing constipation
- Recurring hemorrhoids
- New pelvic pressure sensations
Most women don't realize these symptoms could be connected to their uterine position. And yet the position of your uterus affects everything from your period pain, to your bladder function, to your digestion, to your fertility. Your body is sending you these signals for a reason.
Understanding that these symptoms stem from your uterine position is the first step toward fixing the root cause of your pain and discomfort.
Physical Signs indicating Uterine Position
Depending on the position of your uterus, you may experience different physical symptoms, alongside the period pain:
Anteflexed and Anteverted Uterus = bladder issues, frequency, urgency, leaking, difficulty emptying, recurrent UTIs, low belly pooch
Retroflexed and Retroverted Uterus = bowel issues, constipation, hemorrhoids, fissures, tailbone pain, low back pain, bloating
How to Relieve Period Pain
Lift and center your uterus to relieve period pain!
A uterus in her best position will have no problem performing her job. She will effortlessly build her lining, efficiently and painlessly bleed, and properly regulate your hormones all month.
The Core Recovery Method® teaches you every technique you need to know to lift and center your uterus so you can live pain-free. Your monthly cycle stops being something you dread and becomes just another normal part of your life. Your body begins working with you instead of against you.
I teach specific breathing patterns, self massages and powerful muscle activation techniques that lift your uterus back to her centered position. When your uterus finds her way back home, you'll notice:
- Your periods become less painful
- Those sharp, stabbing cramps ease up
- The heavy, dragging feeling in your pelvis lifts
- Your back pain improves
- Your bloating reduces
- Your cycle becomes very predictable
This approach doesn’t just provide temporary relief or mask your symptoms. The Core Recovery Method® teaches your body how to keep your uterus in her best position automatically, with every breath you take. Your core muscles learn to provide the right support, so your uterus stays where she belongs.
Many women tell me they feel changes within their first month. Their heating pad collects dust. They stop marking their period week in red on their calendar. They're not planning their lives around their cycle anymore.
The best part? These changes last. As your body learns these new patterns, your uterus maintains her lifted, centered position. You'll find yourself having periods that don't derail your life - no painkillers required!
