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    Stressed? So is your pelvic floor!

    February 23, 2025 /

    Relaxing and lengthening the pelvic floor is just as important as strengthening!      A lot of women feel their pelvic floor is weak and they need to strengthen it.  However, I often find that they have tightness of the pelvic floor which doesn’t allow the muscles to fully contract, leading to weakness.  If we only focus on strengthening, we’re not going to get the benefit we’re hoping for. Symptoms of possible tightness of the pelvic floor: *And if you often feel stressed (like many moms I work with), you’re holding tension in your pelvic floor.  When we work on reducing pelvic floor tension, we have to address the nervous system and help calm…

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    Pelvic organ prolapse may not be due to weakness

    January 23, 2023 /

    Strengthening the pelvic floor muscles may not be the answer   Pelvic organ prolapse has often been defined as a condition related to weakness of the pelvic floor and described as a “falling down of the pelvic organs.”  This has created a sense of fear for many women; feeling that their bladder, uterus, or rectum might just fall out😬 Now there are times when there is damage to muscle or ligament that can definitely decrease the support structure for the organs, however, in many cases the cause may be tension.   New research points at a tensegrity model to explain why pelvic organs may shift out of place.  In a tensegrity…

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    This is Why Kegels Didn’t Work

    December 5, 2018 /

    I hear it a lot from women, “I tried Kegels but they didn’t work for me.”  Well this is what you need to know about Kegels.  Here are some reasons they didn’t work: You’re not doing them right. They might seem easy enough but about 50% of women do them incorrectly.  I often see women substituting with other muscles by squeezing their butt or thighs or contracting their abs too much.  It’s also important to incorporate the correct breathing pattern with performing Kegels because the diaphragm and pelvic floor muscles work in conjunction to regulate intra-abdominal pressure.  To perform them correctly make sure you’re in good posture and, while exhaling,…

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