Dancers Pelvic Floor

After releasing the muscles and restoring normal muscle coordination and strength the dancer s urinary incontinence resolved and she was able to return to dance symptom free.

Dancers pelvic floor.

This dancer was treated with pelvic floor physical therapy. My quest is to experience how the dancer is able to do so many complicated actions at once. Identifying and isolating the slightest adjustments of the pelvic floor are a specific focus on sensations and awareness. Many forms of dance place unique demands on our bodies including our pelvic floor.

The anatomy the pelvic floor is an interconnected series of about two dozen muscles that form a horizontal hammock or sling inside the pelvis. Brooke winder pt dpt ocs. She serves as assistant professor in the department of dance at california state university long beach where she coordinates the bachelor s degree program in dance science and teaches courses in anatomy injury prevention wellness and pilates. I try to catch a glimpse of this focus as the daily attention of the dancer.

I often see a hypertonic pelvic floor says blackmon meaning the muscles are overactive or gripped and tight. Pain with sexual intercourse and pelvic pain is also presenting in this young population. Movements in extreme positions involving our spine and pelvic bones impact forces from repetitive jumping and landing pressures from holding our abdominals or breath and the required extreme turnout of the hips can cause the muscles in the pelvic floor to experience fatigue. Dancers and other athletes are more prone than the general population to dysfunction of the pelvic floor and this can have major ramifications in dance and life.