Episode 5: Breathing and the Pelvic Floor

The pelvic floor is one of the most misunderstood parts of the body and in this episode, we help to demystify it. We help you to connect to the pelvic floor and sense and feel these muscles with breathing. We also use shapes and patterns to help develop an embodiment of different parts of the pelvic floor. Did you know there are over 14 muscles that make up the pelvic floor? The good thing is you don't need to know any names. In this episode we simplify the pelvic floor by using imagery. You will walk away from this episode with a sense of the front part of the pelvic floor that supports the bladder, the back part of the pelvic floor that supports the rectum, and the front side part of the pelvic floor that relates to our hips. Make sure you watch until the end, as you will love the Franklin Method ball exercises!

Episode 5: Breathing and the Pelvic Floor Timeline

Introduction
3.00 mins. Patient story, fecal incontinence with improvement after 3 treatment sessions.
5:10 mins. How do we know what our pelvic floor muscles are doing? Gaining a good connection of your pelvic bowl.
7:09 mins. Walking to achieve good pelvic floor function.
8:30 mins Dynamic images of your pelvis organizing itself as you lie on the blue Fascial Ball.
11:13 mins Check in around your pelvis. What do you sense and feel?
15:57 mins What are the functions of the pelvic floor? Why do we have a pelvic floor?
18:30 mins. The pelvic floor can serve as protection whether physical or emotion.
19:30 mins. Finding your boney landmarks.
21:30 mins. Finding your mid point on your sit bones.
24:30 mins What are the muscles of the pelvic floor?
26:50 mins There are 14 supporting pelvic floor muscles.
30:56 mins. Imagine breathing and the pelvic floor.
36.05 mins What are qualities of the pelvic floor?
42:05 mins. Imagine with your mind only, your ilium are the ends of a book and your sacrum is the binder. Now, imaging closing the book.
46:00 mins. What happens to the pelvic floor when we’re breathing in relation to the diaphragm?
51.00 mins PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) a diagonal movement to increase flexibility in the pelvic floor.
53:30 mins. What do we know about the front part of the pelvic floor?
58:00 mins. What do we know about the back part of the pelvic floor?
1:03:00 mins. Coordinate your pelvic floor with your breathing as you move your hips and knees.
1:05:52 mins Franklin Ball exercises for the pelvic floor.

1:12:12 What emotions do you feel after doing these exercise movement? Calm and gratitude for your body and pelvic floor.