3 things all women should know about their pelvic floor

What is my pelvic floor?

“First, the big picture: your pelvis is a bunch of bones in the middle of your body that supports the spine and protects a bunch of organs. At the base of your pelvis is the thing we’re concerned with here – your pelvic floor.

The pelvic floor is a little bowl of muscles with a big job: it supports the GI tract, the urinary tract, and the reproductive tract. All those systems go through (or the technical term, “pierce”) the pelvic floor. So not only is the pelvic floor a sort of central point for your body in literal, directional terms (it’s in the middle), but also it’s a center of health for lots of different body systems.

Men and women both have pelvic floors, but women are more likely to need pelvic floor physical therapy because our pelvic floors get stretched out in pregnancy and childbirth.”

Alexis talks with the Nurtured Nest to discuss what women should know about their pelvic floors. Check out the full article on WRAL here:

https://www.wral.com/3-things-all-pregnant-women-should-know-about-their-pelvic-floor/20036744/