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Pelvic Floor & Fitness: What Your Mama Didn't Teach You
- Pensacola, Florida native
- Lover of animal crackers, peanut butter, and ice cream
- Swam competitively as a kid
- Marathoner
- Singer
- Dog Mom
- Doctor of Physical Therapy
- Women's Health Specialist
About Doctor Jus
Where is it, and what does it do?
Learn About the Pelvic Floor
How to engage your floor and understand common issues
Learn How It Works
Get moving with top effective pelvic floor exercises.
Sweat! Move your Body!
What Will You Learn & Do Today?
Your Pelvic Floor
The pelvic floor muscles span the bottom of the pelvis and support the pelvic organs (bladder and bowel, and uterus (womb) in women).
*When asked to perform a pelvic floor muscle contraction, many people do so incorrectly.
What else does it do?
- Contract or shorten
- Lengthen or bulge
- Relax
- Maintain tension for continence, support
Muscle Activation
Engages automatically to prevent pelvic floor dysfunction.
Posture and Alignment
Role in Continence
Management of Intra-Abdominal Pressure
Support and Stabilization
Maintains pelvic alignment for efficient, injury-free life.
Controls urinary leaks and supports bowel movement control.
Manages pressure with the diaphragm and absorbs shock to prevent incontinence and pelvic pain.
Prevents organ prolapse and stabilizes core, reducing injury risk.
Top 5 Things the Floor Does
Common Pelvic Floor Issues
Pelvic pain, including tailbone, groin, sacroiliac pain, and discomfort during intercourse
Runners may face fecal incontinence, urgency, pain during bowel movements, constipation, diarrhea, and issues like hemorrhoids.
Urinary leaks, frequent urination, painful bladder, and difficulty emptying are common, often linked to an overactive bladder
Understanding Pelvic Pain
Pain
Addressing Bowel Health
Bowel Issues
Managing Bladder Control
Bladder Issues
Common Pelvic Floor Issues
Pelvic pain, including tailbone, groin, sacroiliac pain, and discomfort during intercourse
Runners may face fecal incontinence, urgency, pain during bowel movements, constipation, diarrhea, and issues like hemorrhoids.
Urinary leaks, frequent urination, painful bladder, and difficulty emptying are common, often linked to an overactive bladder
Understanding Pelvic Pain
Pain
Addressing Bowel Health
Bowel Issues
Managing Bladder Control
Bladder Issues
What is Pelvic Floor Therapy?
A non-surgical approach to rehabilitation of dysfunctions in the pelvis that contribute to bowel, bladder, sexual health, and pain complaints. Approaches may include behavioral strategies, manual therapies, modalities, therapeutic exercise, education, and functional re-training.
What Takes Place in a Pelvic Rehab Appointment?
- You will have an opportunity to share your concerns and goals
- You will be offered options regarding assessment and treatment
- Following your initial visit, you will be informed of the examination findings, and options for treatment
- You will be provided with suggestions for a home program or self-care, so that you can actively participate in your healing process
- Your therapist will communicate with your health care providers as appropriate
- Your therapist will complete an examination of how you move your body
- The pelvic muscles can also be assessed to see if there is weakness, tension, pain, or lack of coordination
Thank You!
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