Benefits of Corsets
Physical Benefits of Corseting:
- Corsets help minimize back pain and correct posture, to help those with past injuries (e.g. car accidents, vertebral fractures, slipped discs)
- By extension, correct posture also helps prevent other skeletal issues.
- Corsets have also been known to reduce the intensity of headaches or migraines, and over time, stop them completely as proper posture can take tension off the neck and shoulders.
- Corsets are used as lumbar support to prevent potential back injuries and give support.
- Corsets are used to reshape and feminize the figures of women.
- Corsets are sometimes used by singers as a support; they provide resistance against which the diaphragm can push, which may help the singer achieve higher or more powerful notes.
- Corsets can also help to protect the organs during horse-riding or motorcycling, holding the kidneys in place and preventing bruising of the retroperitoneal organs.
- Corsets are helpful in minimizing menstrual cramps in women. Many women temporarily relieve their dysmenorrhea by lying in the fetal position, which exerts pressure on the peritoneal organs and somewhat decreases the painful uterine contractions. Corsets can mimic this position by exerting pressure on these same organs, reducing uterine contractions (and thus cramping) while her posture remains erect.
- Corsets can sometimes help to heal diastasis recti, the splitting of the abdominal muscles(postpartum) by holding the muscles together and preventing them from separating further.
- Corsets may be used as a weight loss aid – they act as an external gastric band and do not allow much expansion of the stomach, thus helping to control appetite and reduce food portions.
- Corsets give some women an hourglass shape that they may never be able to achieve naturally (through diet and exercise).
- In those who have slow bowels/ constipation issues, the pressure of wearing a corset can sometimes stimulate the intestines and may allow a brief increase in peristalsis directly after taking off the corset, making it easier to have a bowel movement. In those who have issues with diarrhea or fast bowels, wearing a corset snugly can sometimes slow down peristalsis, possibly lengthening the time between bowel movements. *this doesn’t work the same way for everyone – if you have abdominal pain, bloating or irregularity, ask your doctor before you’d like to try corseting