How Anxiety Impacts the Pelvic Floor & Pelvic Health
Anxiety and pelvic health are intimately connected. Remember last time you felt anxious or stressed and you noticed your neck was tense as your shoulders were hiked up? Or maybe your jaw cracked open after it was just in a tense battle with your thoughts? The pelvic floor is also responding to your nervous system! So how does anxiety impact pelvic health?
Told You Have a Hypertonic Pelvic Floor, Now What?
So your doctor says you have a hypertonic pelvic floor…
You may be thinking – “What does that really mean? What am I supposed to do about it? What else has this been impacting that I may not know about?”
Well let’s talk about it.
Pelvic Health - What Is This Buzz All About?
Maybe you’ve seen “Pelvic Health” in an Instagram infographic, your pregnancy class mentioned its role in birth, or you saw an ad at your local rehab clinic. It’s also possible you’re hearing about it now for the first time. The pelvic floor has gained attention in the media's eye, and thankfully in some doctor’s offices. For the longest time it’s gotten hardly any attention at all, but at last it is now the latest “buzz” word. We all have a pelvic floor, but what the heck is it?