I just learned this last year from a Pilates turned weight lifting instructor. Such a game changer. She also taught it with the breath. Teaching the pelvic floor with the diaphragm is important too with heavy lifting. Thank you for the vid!
Thanks for all your videos, I think you have one of the best physio channels out there! I'm rehabilitating from a disc bulge and I'm starting to grasp the idea that my pelvic floor is important when bracing (I have never even though about this area when doing hard work before).. From this video I can find it and activate in, but I can't understand where and when to use this activation in practice? When bracing, I'm pushing the muscles "down and out" in some sence, but the pelvic floor should be pulled up/in (in the opposite direction). For me it's super weird trying to do those to activations at the same time.. It's like they work against eachother.. Have you made any content regarding this lack of skill, or what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
What if you have a hypertonic pelvic floor from chronic pelvic pain syndrome/prostatitis? Doing Kegels isn’t really optimal. Can you skip the pelvic floor part and only contract the T.A?
I’m no doctor or physical therapist, but from my brush with pelvic floor dysfunction, a lack of proper Transverse abdominals engagement (especially with breath) was causing my discomfort. When the transverse is strong, the pelvic floor is strong, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be tight per se. A lot of times pelvic floor dysfunction is due to some or all core muscles lacking strength. I suggest going down the path of meditating on your body, see what feels like it’s not “being used” well enough in your everyday life. Best wishes!
I'm not one who is commenting often, but when a "pilates guru" thinks you can palpate the activation of the muscles of the pelvic floor at the hight of the anterior superior iliac spine, I can't hold it in any longer (3:30 is the part that's triggering). Get an Anatomy book, that's not at all where to find the pelvic floor. Pretty disappointed, I've got to say. It's not that the techniques are bad, but from a channel such as this I would have expected more.
On top of this, if you think activating deep muscles in your core will prevent back pain - you are mistaken unless you expect your patients to walk around with their core activated 24/7.
Interesting to think we are palpating the pelvic floor! She never says that. The palpation is of the abdominals that are contracted when the person contracts the pelvic floor.
I think you have the whole concept wrong. We don't expect patients to do that. The patient is training the pelvic floor and transverse abdominus to increase tone, strength and neuromuscular awareness, which is usually reduced with back pain. The improvements then pass onto everyday movements. This is no different to practicing any other muscle system to then perform better during activities when you are not thinking about it and it works naturally @@anthonybacha2521
@@anthonybacha2521these techniques have been the ONLY way I’ve made any progress with my back pain. Most channels focus solely on the surface abdominal muscles and that got me nowhere because it still left the transverse muscles beneath completely inactive and unstable. Without learning to stabilize the deeper pelvic floor, surface muscles won’t have the foundation to do anything. It isn’t about contracting the muscles constantly, it’s about building the floor level so that the rest of you can strengthen. Otherwise, it’s like building a house on a pile of sticks that are sitting atop a huge hole - without the support from underneath, the added weight will inevitably break the sticks. You need the solid ground.
WoW, I have been teaching for almost 25 years and I never found a video that explains those contractions so well. Bravo ❤
I just learned this last year from a Pilates turned weight lifting instructor. Such a game changer. She also taught it with the breath. Teaching the pelvic floor with the diaphragm is important too with heavy lifting. Thank you for the vid!
Sensational video!
The information and especially the cues have, without exaggeration, already improved my hip and my back somewhat.
Thanks for all your videos, I think you have one of the best physio channels out there! I'm rehabilitating from a disc bulge and I'm starting to grasp the idea that my pelvic floor is important when bracing (I have never even though about this area when doing hard work before).. From this video I can find it and activate in, but I can't understand where and when to use this activation in practice? When bracing, I'm pushing the muscles "down and out" in some sence, but the pelvic floor should be pulled up/in (in the opposite direction). For me it's super weird trying to do those to activations at the same time.. It's like they work against eachother.. Have you made any content regarding this lack of skill, or what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
Great video. However, can you do one on what to do if one side is activating better than the other?
What if you have a hypertonic pelvic floor from chronic pelvic pain syndrome/prostatitis? Doing Kegels isn’t really optimal. Can you skip the pelvic floor part and only contract the T.A?
Perhaps you need to see a pelvic floor specialist physio
I’m no doctor or physical therapist, but from my brush with pelvic floor dysfunction, a lack of proper Transverse abdominals engagement (especially with breath) was causing my discomfort. When the transverse is strong, the pelvic floor is strong, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be tight per se. A lot of times pelvic floor dysfunction is due to some or all core muscles lacking strength. I suggest going down the path of meditating on your body, see what feels like it’s not “being used” well enough in your everyday life. Best wishes!
Still can't do it. I'm very internal oblique dominant and can't feel my ta...
Hey coach, you resemble David Beckam.
I'm not one who is commenting often, but when a "pilates guru" thinks you can palpate the activation of the muscles of the pelvic floor at the hight of the anterior superior iliac spine, I can't hold it in any longer (3:30 is the part that's triggering). Get an Anatomy book, that's not at all where to find the pelvic floor. Pretty disappointed, I've got to say. It's not that the techniques are bad, but from a channel such as this I would have expected more.
On top of this, if you think activating deep muscles in your core will prevent back pain - you are mistaken unless you expect your patients to walk around with their core activated 24/7.
Interesting to think we are palpating the pelvic floor! She never says that. The palpation is of the abdominals that are contracted when the person contracts the pelvic floor.
I think you have the whole concept wrong. We don't expect patients to do that. The patient is training the pelvic floor and transverse abdominus to increase tone, strength and neuromuscular awareness, which is usually reduced with back pain. The improvements then pass onto everyday movements. This is no different to practicing any other muscle system to then perform better during activities when you are not thinking about it and it works naturally @@anthonybacha2521
@@physiorehabi agree with you and i appreciate this video a lot…
@@anthonybacha2521these techniques have been the ONLY way I’ve made any progress with my back pain. Most channels focus solely on the surface abdominal muscles and that got me nowhere because it still left the transverse muscles beneath completely inactive and unstable. Without learning to stabilize the deeper pelvic floor, surface muscles won’t have the foundation to do anything. It isn’t about contracting the muscles constantly, it’s about building the floor level so that the rest of you can strengthen. Otherwise, it’s like building a house on a pile of sticks that are sitting atop a huge hole - without the support from underneath, the added weight will inevitably break the sticks. You need the solid ground.