McCall McPherson explains why the pelvic floor is core to your body's function, not separate from it. It works with your diaphragm and breathing to support circulation and lymph flow. Most people never learn this, which affects their exercise, relationships, work, and quality of life.
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Pelvic floor also plays a role in our pelvic and spinal stability. So because of the attachment points at the base of our spine and on our pelvis, it's the foundation of our core. And we've all heard of core exercise or core workouts, and the pelvic floor has been left out of that conversation. And we think of low back and abs as kind of our core. And it also works in synergy with our diaphragm. So the pelvic floor and the diaphragm are very intimately related. And our breath acts also like a bit of a sump pump and helps with blood flow and circulation and moving lymph through our. Our body as well. So these are really important jobs that we've never been told about, and we don't even. Even know we have a pelvic floor. We don't think about it when things are working well, when things are not working well because it influences so many parts of our lives. All of a sudden, it becomes one of the only things that we think about, and it becomes one of the reasons why people stop exercising, one of the reasons why relationships break down, one of the reasons people quit their jobs. Like, it. It becomes very. This is a weird word to use, but invasive in the. In our quality of life. So when we could, If. If we could get this information much earlier in life, I feel like it would literally change the world.
