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How Do We Strengthen Our Pelvic Floor?

November 5, 2020 Emily Keenan
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HOW LONG TO HOLD?? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Our pelvic floor muscle is like any other muscle in the body, it is made up of slow twitch and fast twitch muscle fibers. Both types of muscles fibers need to be trained and strengthened through different types of PF lifts.

We need our fast twitch functioning optimally for our short, sharp contractions (i.e. think ‘the knack’ from last weeks WHW) when we sneeze or cough and then our slow twitch fibers of the PF for our more endurance based exercise/exertion activities.

So how do we strengthen both?

1. FAST TWITCH

- Think fast, strong 100% contractions that hold for 1-2 secs

- Fully release between each contraction

- Start with 5 - 10 contractions and gradually build in sets as you get stronger

- Timing is important here, as discussed last week in the knack, we need to be able to turn our PF on just before a sudden cough or laugh so we need to be able to turn it on quickly and sharply!

2. SLOW TWITCH

- Think slower, longer contractions

- You can practice your contractions at different levels/intensities Level 1 - 25%, Level 2 - 50%, Level 3 - 75% and level 4 - 100%

- Due to the need for longer holds, holding for a long time at 100% will be very challenging hence why levels are important for your ST PF fibers

- Think of your slow twitch fibers just like a marathon runner, who doesn’t sprint but paces themselves through a race so they can last the distance.

Once you have a good foundation of strength, there are progressions such as increasing length/reps/sets, incorporating some variety such as pulses, waves and even mini weights you can get to use for your pelvic floor. The options are endlessI

These are general guidelines only, we ALWAYS recommend seeing a specialist women’s health physio who can give you a specific strengthening program tailored to your individual needs, based on a full assessment of your pelvic floor function.

Happy activating!! 👊🏽

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