Everyone keeps talking about your core: ‘keep your core strong,’ ‘activate your core,’ ‘stabilize your core’ etc. But what does that really mean? What IS your core? How do you REALLY activate it? Your core primarily consists of your transversus abdominus, multifidus, and pelvic floor. More secondary components of the core muscles include your rectus…
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PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT FOR CONSTIPATION / PELVIC FLOOR DYSSYNERGIA
Constipation is a common disorder primary care physicians and gastroenterologists diagnose on a regular basis. There are many causes, but when constipation is due to “pelvic floor dyssynergia”, which are restricted pelvic floor muscles around the anal region that contract instead of relax during attempted bowel movements, a licensed physical therapist, trained in pelvic floor…
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