Not so long ago women were told that their uterus would fall out from running. True story. And yet now we’ve gone the other direction to not thinking much at all about our pelvic floor or assuming it only relates to women after childbirth. It’s important for both men and women, so today we’re going to dive in with a specialist!
Dr Amanda Fisher of Empower Your Pelvis joined us for an in-depth discussion on the Tread Lightly Podcast which you’ll find below, but we wanted to provide some high level notes for anyone needing help who may not have 30 minutes.
I love this image from her company because we just have so many misconceptions about the pelvic floor or a general lack of knowledge! Hopefully this episode will get you started on learning more.
What is Your Pelvic Floor?
Both men and women have a pelvic floor, which is why it’s interesting we only think of it in relation to childbirth. Having issues can cause leakage and pain for both genders.
28 muscles actually make up your pelvic floor. They support our intestines, bladder, uterus for women, colon, and our rectum in the back. All of which gets jostled as we run and thus needs our pelvic floor to be not too tight or too weak to help control everything.
As you might guess these muscles are involved in…
