A strong pelvic floor is one that has adequate hip mobility. What even does that mean?
Not to be confused with flexibility, mobility is the active and available range of motion within your hips whereas flexibility is usually how much passive range you have.
For example, flexibility would enable you to drop easily into a split, mobility, would enable you to control as you lower down, and to lift out of it with strength and control as well. I actually assess many people with pelvic floor issues who have great flexibility, but very little active access. Barely any mobility.
If you have a prolapse or incontinence, low back pain, pelvic floor dysfunction – leaking with running or jumping, coughing… then it’s a great idea to add pelvic mobility and hip mobility exercises to your routine.
When we lack that range – our bodies will seek support anywhere they can get it and it can often come hand-in-hand with a lot of pelvic floor, tension and gripping. If you already have a pelvic floor issue, the last thing you need is more tension and more gripping.
Do this exercise and walk around your room after and you will probably feel such a difference in even how you walk. Remember that walking is one of the best exercises for your pelvic floor, but in order for it to be wonderful as an exercise, we need adequate range in the hips to walk, even without compensation and symptom increase.
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