Good posture enables your pelvic floor to fully lengthen and contract, while poor alignment—such as slouching or over-arching—strains these muscles, often leading to weakness, tightness, incontinence, or pelvic pain
Neither Good Posture or the Pelvic Floor is Static.
Good posture is not a static position we achieve. The human body is designed to move, not to be still. Holding a position, even a “perfect” one, leads to stiffness and fatigue. Instead, ideal posture is a dynamic expression of muscle balance, strength, and fluid, sequential movement. The pelvic floor operates similarly. It is meant to be adaptable to every movement you make.
Your Brain Controls Good Posture, and the Pelvic Floor
The brain dictates movement by repeating your habits of movement. When movement is limited or obstructed, the body creates compensations. These compensations cause what we see as bad posture, pain, and many pellvic floor problems such as laxity, incontinence, pain, and tightness. Therefore, we are unable to separate both posture and pelvic floor distress from our movement.
Additionally, the pelvic floor affects posture by acting as the foundational base of your core structure, directly dictating the coordination of your pelvis, spine, and rib cage. It is a dynamic pump and stabilizer that responds to every breath and movement you make.
Good Posture and Better Pelvic Floor Function are developed with Somatic Movements.
Somatic movement improves both posture and pelvic floor function by repatterning the nervous system. This approach relieves chronic tension and bad habits of movement. It improves self-sensing (interception) and movement in daily life (proprioception). It coordinates your spine and pelvic floor with your breathing.
Because Somatic Movement doesn’t rely on forceful movements, its approach creates relaxation and a rebounding, trampoline, or jellyfish effect. This increases the efficiency and coordination of movement, reducing pain, stress, and generally supporting integrated fluid movement.
Try this Somatic Practice for Healthy Posture
Your pelvic floor is a bit like a bobbing jellyfish.
It is supposed to be bouncy and changeable. Your pelvic floor is resilient and adaptable. It is the seat of your power. Trying to hold it or trying to hold “Good Posture” gets in the way.
I can help! I offer one-on-one consultations, pelvic floor workshops, and I have a fabulous and affordable ebook, Reclaim Your Pelvic Floor, designed to give you the foundational help you need in your journey to pelvic floor health!
You can also find free resources on my website, OriginalBodyWisdom.com, and enjoy my YouTube pelvic floor playlist
I hope to meet you and help you feel better. You can contact me at contact@originalbodywisdom.com
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