{"id":1619,"date":"2015-06-14T21:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2015-06-14T21:00:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T21:00:42","slug":"pelvic-floor-its-not-all-about-the-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=1619","title":{"rendered":"Pelvic Floor: It&#8217;s not all about the lift."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m slowly turning into a pelvic floor geek. Someone save me! Seriously I have learnt so much more about the pelvic floor in the past year and know I have more to learn. \u00a0It&#8217;s pretty sad that so much of the information that is given out is so out of date.<\/p>\n<p>Gone are the days when strengthening your pelvic floor was just about trying to mimic the actio of stopping the flow of urine. This is such a simplistic view on a working a complex muscle.<\/p>\n<p>In this brief video below I talk about the pelvic floor being like a trampoline, how we need to strengthen it all the way round thinking about all the attachments and the danger of over tightening. No-one wants an over-tight muscle. Think about having a tight calf muscle. No fun. It can lead to that muscle actually being weak, which is the whole issue you were trying to avoid. Whoops. So focusing on all the muscle attachments and strengthening PLUS relaxing it is the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>(This video was recorded live on Periscope some I respond to the live viewers in parts).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"738\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RloMxlZxLZA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m slowly turning into a pelvic floor geek. Someone save me! 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