Is my pelvic floor too tight or too loose?

It is difficult to assess this without having a pelvic floor evaluation, and many of us don’t know what is occurring in there. Sometimes it’s hard enough to pay attention to whether we ate breakfast or exercised 3-5 times a week as the doctor recommended.

The pelvic floor is essential for reproduction in addition to bladder and bowel health. It starts working the moment we are born and evolves throughout our life span changing as a woman’s or man’s body evolves. We might not notice an issue until a problem arises and we can’t do a basic life function, go to the bathroom, jump or laugh without incident, have enjoyable sexual intercourse, or get pregnant. These problems are related to what is happening to the muscles inside. Are the pelvic floor muscles holding on for dear life, are they relaxed and open, are they working as a co-contraction with our back and hip rotators? The short answer is the muscles change in length during each of these activities, and even if you are currently experiencing an undesirable experience, it can change with guided instruction. In pelvic floor therapy, I can teach you how to exercise your pelvic floor muscles to achieve the outcomes you are looking for.