Episode 57 - Pelvic Floor and Stress Connection

In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the connection between the pelvic floor and stress. I did a couple of podcasts separately for these two topics, but now I decided to combine them in one podcast since I see both issues show up a ton with patients.

I also talked about the importance of proper breathing to help with the effects of having a shortened pelvic floor because of stress.

In this episode we discuss:

[00:37] Introduction to the topic

[2:14] What happens to the pelvic floor when we are stressed

[5:28] Shortening of the pelvic floor doesn’t always show up as incontinence  

[8:02] Long-term effects if you have incontinence or leakage

[10:27] Breathing to get the elongated musculature of your pelvic floor  

[16:22] Conclusion

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Thank you for listening and see you next week!