Ten Factors That Can Contribute to the State of Your Pelvic Floor

1. Jaw tension
2. Gait and walking patterns
3. How you manage stress
4. Frequency and patterns of toilet visits
5. How you breathe
6. Strength around the hips and pelvis
7. Connection to the abdominal wall
8. Hip mobility
9. Ankle mobility
10. Movement strategies and routines

This is not an exhaustive list and is also not meant to exhaust you. Sometimes we interpret contributing factors to mean all items need fixing for healing to happen, and that’s simply not true.

The way I see it: we have so many ways we can communicate with the body and influence our experience.

When we approach the body as the teacher, we uncover more relevant understanding. Expertise and evidence bring us context, but engaging in an ongoing conversation is our most powerful education tool, imho.