You have been told to squeeze it, lift it, hold it, engage it. What if that is exactly the wrong thing to do?In this episode of Hope for Your Pelvic Floor, I am talking about one of the most counter-intuitive ideas in pelvic health: to reconnect your pelvic floor, you have to let it go first. This is especially important if you have been told you have a hypertonic pelvic floor, or if you have been squeezing and holding and not seeing the results you were hoping for.I take you through a simple hand exercise you can do right now that will show you exactly why lengthening before contracting gives you more power, more range and more strength. And I introduce the four stages of competence as a framework for understanding where your pelvic floor is right now and where it can go.We cover:
Why constant squeezing and holding is actually reducing your pelvic floor's power
The fist exercise that demonstrates why lengthening first matters
What hypertonic pelvic floor actually means and why Kegels make it worse
How three-dimensional breathing connects to pelvic floor coordination
The four stages of competence and how to use them to understand your own body
What unconscious competence looks like and why it is the goal
Why your body is not broken. It just needs reminding of what it already knows
Also in this episode: a sneak preview of something new coming very soon for anyone dealing with incontinence.Join the free monthly Pelvic Health Cafe, where you can ask your questions and go deeper on exactly this kind of topic:
https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/pelvic-health-cafe-registerListen on
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hope-for-your-pelvic-floor-the-whole-body-pelvic/id1799754117
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4APJpAMyqaMuy1vKYSIxujFind out more at: https://wholebodypelvichealth.co.uk
Free Class & Register to be first in the know for the new course coming soon. https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/free-intro-class
Follow on Instagram: @hopeforyourpelvicfloorIf this episode helped you, please subscribe, leave a review and share it with a woman who has been squeezing and wondering why nothing is changing.
Why constant squeezing and holding is actually reducing your pelvic floor's power
The fist exercise that demonstrates why lengthening first matters
What hypertonic pelvic floor actually means and why Kegels make it worse
How three-dimensional breathing connects to pelvic floor coordination
The four stages of competence and how to use them to understand your own body
What unconscious competence looks like and why it is the goal
Why your body is not broken. It just needs reminding of what it already knows
Also in this episode: a sneak preview of something new coming very soon for anyone dealing with incontinence.Join the free monthly Pelvic Health Cafe, where you can ask your questions and go deeper on exactly this kind of topic:
https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/pelvic-health-cafe-registerListen on
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hope-for-your-pelvic-floor-the-whole-body-pelvic/id1799754117
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4APJpAMyqaMuy1vKYSIxujFind out more at: https://wholebodypelvichealth.co.uk
Free Class & Register to be first in the know for the new course coming soon. https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/free-intro-class
Follow on Instagram: @hopeforyourpelvicfloorIf this episode helped you, please subscribe, leave a review and share it with a woman who has been squeezing and wondering why nothing is changing.