Your pelvic floor checklist for exercising without fear. In this episode of Hope For Your Pelvic Floor, Pilates educator and pelvic health specialist Claire Sparrow gives you three simple things to notice when you move, so you can stop fearing exercise and start reading your own body.
So many women have been told that lifting, running and jumping are dangerous for their pelvic floor, so they stop. But stopping shrinks your capacity rather than protecting it. This is not a warning label. It is a practical checklist you can use in the gym, in a fitness class, or just carrying the shopping.
Claire breaks down the three things in the order that matters, because they stack rather than sit side by side.
In this episode:
Why fear of exercise often makes pelvic floor symptoms worse, not better
Breathing as the foundation, and how breath holding sends pressure down
Pressure management, and the visible signs that it is going the wrong way: doming, bulging, heaviness, leaking
The full contractile cycle, why all squeeze and no release leaves a pelvic floor that grips and cannot respond
The gym moment where one kilogram changed everything
One simple check to start with this week
New course, Beyond Kegels, covering each type of incontinence with specific practice:
Whole Body Pelvic Health membership:https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/wbph-membership
Listen 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/4APJpAMyqaMuy1vKYSIxuj
Website: https://wholebodypelvichealth.co.uk
Instagram: @hopeforyourpelvicfloor
If this episode helped, please subscribe, leave a review and share it.
#pelvicfloor #pelvichealth #exercise #pelvicfloorexercises #prolapse #incontinence #midlifewomen #wholebodypelvichealth #breathing #pilates #womenshealth
So many women have been told that lifting, running and jumping are dangerous for their pelvic floor, so they stop. But stopping shrinks your capacity rather than protecting it. This is not a warning label. It is a practical checklist you can use in the gym, in a fitness class, or just carrying the shopping.
Claire breaks down the three things in the order that matters, because they stack rather than sit side by side.
In this episode:
Why fear of exercise often makes pelvic floor symptoms worse, not better
Breathing as the foundation, and how breath holding sends pressure down
Pressure management, and the visible signs that it is going the wrong way: doming, bulging, heaviness, leaking
The full contractile cycle, why all squeeze and no release leaves a pelvic floor that grips and cannot respond
The gym moment where one kilogram changed everything
One simple check to start with this week
New course, Beyond Kegels, covering each type of incontinence with specific practice:
Whole Body Pelvic Health membership:https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/wbph-membership
Listen 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/4APJpAMyqaMuy1vKYSIxuj
Website: https://wholebodypelvichealth.co.uk
Instagram: @hopeforyourpelvicfloor
If this episode helped, please subscribe, leave a review and share it.
#pelvicfloor #pelvichealth #exercise #pelvicfloorexercises #prolapse #incontinence #midlifewomen #wholebodypelvichealth #breathing #pilates #womenshealth