Health Organization for Pudendal Education

There is an article in the New York Times magazine of Sunday April 17, 2011, entitled: "What's the most unhealthful thing you do every day?" Turns out the answer is sitting. The author, James Vlahos, writes:

"Sitting, it would seem, is an independent pathology. Being sedentary for nine hours a day . . . is bad for your health, whether you go home and watch television afterward or hit the gym. It is bad whether you are morbidly obese or marathon-runner thin. 'Excessive sitting,' Dr. Levine says, 'is a lethal activity.'" (Dr. James Levine is a researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, with an interest in how much people move, a.k.a. "inactivity studies".)

So the hyperactivity/standing/moving around of us PNers is a good thing, health-wise. Who knew?

Lernica, you crack me up. When I'm standing around waiting, like in the doctor's office, I've often thought, "Well, I'm burning more calories that the people sitting!"

Emily B.

Thanks Lernica

Ive done my standing hours many times in the strangest of places but I never knew it was a bad activity !!!!!!
As sitting is not a comfy option i will remain on my knees or standing up.

The brighter side of PN for me is the huge number of great friends i have gained over the past 8 years who have stood by me hahahah....regardless of where they are located!!

Never hurts to think positively, Lernica.

I agree with you, Amanda. Some of my dearest friends are my PNE friends -- not that I would wish this on anyone just so they could have more friends!

Violet

There must be a better way to gain friends, however in my nearly 48 years i have never gained so many true friends like yourself and many others, and for that I have to be grateful strange as it may seem to having Pudendal Nerve problems has gained me this great circle of friends who are like family and are based Worldwide....!!! It is great to have people who understand how we feel!