Top 2 Pelvic Floor Stretches!

This video demonstrates the top 2 pelvic floor stretches with regressions and progressions for each! More often than not, the athletes that we work with tend to need pelvic floor RELAXATION instead of strengthening.

Kegels and strength training are the usual “go-to” exercises when people think of the pelvic floor, but this is the LAST thing you’d want to perform as an athlete with an overactive pelvic floor. Fun fact: “leaking” doesn’t automatically mean that your pelvic floor is weak!

A common cause of incontinence or leakage in athletes is due to tightness in the pelvic floor. Because breathing and pelvic floor movement go hand in hand, if an athlete has a tight pelvic floor and then braces incorrectly for a lift, the pressure in their abdomen becomes too great for the pelvic floor to withstand and typically results in leakage.

The 2 stretches above help to coordinate your breath and diaphragm with your pelvic floor in order to achieve relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles. Relaxation of these muscles helps to withstand some of that increase in intra-abdominal pressure AND helps prevent leakage.

Are you unsure if you need strengthening or relaxation of your pelvic floor? See a pelvic floor specialist today!

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The Charlotte Athlete is a sports physical therapy practice based in Charlotte, North Carolina that helps athletes and active people quickly recover from injury so they can move better and continue to be active in their sport. Our goal is to help you live the high performance, pain free life you want without being dependent on pain medicine, injections or surgery.