I will keep it as brief as possible. So as weird as this might sound, I'm starting to have a theory that people that who are constantly sucking in their gut might be a contributing factor for tight pelvic floor. Lots of people condition themselves to always suck in their stomach to appear thinner. As a fat kid I did this all the time, and I know friends that did it too. It had became so instinctive for doing it for years that many years later I still do it subconsciously.
So how does sucking in your stomach contribute to PE/tight pelvic floor? As previously mentioned on this site many times, and many scientific studies show that deep abdominal breathing stretches the pelvic floor. This one is such a given. When you are always sucking in your gut you don't get that stretch and expansion on the pelvic floor.
The other reason, and this is the reason that got me thinking about all this. When you are constantly sucking in your gut, you are constantly pulling/drawing in the pelvic floor. In yoga Nauli kriya, Agni Sara(I'm sure I spelled those wrong) are stomach vacuum exercises that require you to basically suck in your gut. They are specifically touted as being able to drawn in your pelvic floor. They are also used as pelvic floor exercises and used in conjunction with kegels to be more effective. Many other references I have seen mention that any vacuum exercise target the pelvic floor by nature. So it might not be as intense as direct stomach vacuum exercises, but should still be doing some pulling on your pelvic floor. So when you do it all the time you are constantly putting some tension on it . So in theory when you constantly suck in your stomach, your pelvic floor is always having some pull, drawing it in and shortening it, while never deep breathing to stretch it and expand it.
So how does sucking in your stomach contribute to PE/tight pelvic floor? As previously mentioned on this site many times, and many scientific studies show that deep abdominal breathing stretches the pelvic floor. This one is such a given. When you are always sucking in your gut you don't get that stretch and expansion on the pelvic floor.
The other reason, and this is the reason that got me thinking about all this. When you are constantly sucking in your gut, you are constantly pulling/drawing in the pelvic floor. In yoga Nauli kriya, Agni Sara(I'm sure I spelled those wrong) are stomach vacuum exercises that require you to basically suck in your gut. They are specifically touted as being able to drawn in your pelvic floor. They are also used as pelvic floor exercises and used in conjunction with kegels to be more effective. Many other references I have seen mention that any vacuum exercise target the pelvic floor by nature. So it might not be as intense as direct stomach vacuum exercises, but should still be doing some pulling on your pelvic floor. So when you do it all the time you are constantly putting some tension on it . So in theory when you constantly suck in your stomach, your pelvic floor is always having some pull, drawing it in and shortening it, while never deep breathing to stretch it and expand it.
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