Okay, so this may not be immediately related to the specific health issues that I usually address on this blog, but I felt it was an appropriate topic for other reasons. Primarily, I have myalgic pain as part of my own health challenges, which is probably at least partially the result of the HHV-6 virus and may also be related to the fact that I have an (as yet unidentified) autoimmune disease, so I welcome anything that may help to reduce my chronic pain. Pelvic floor dysfunction is also something that affects, or will affect, many of us and finding effective self-help strategies has been an important part of the shift in mentality that is so important, I think, in regaining health.
Here is an interview with Katy Bowman, who is a biomechanical scientist, and the director of the Restorative Exercise Institute. Katy has her own blog here and has blogged on this topic herself. Katy is basically saying that the key to pelvic floor health rests in getting the pelvis back into its optimal position, which she suggests you can best accomplish by learning and practicing the correct way to squat regularly (which she thoroughly outlines on her blog). She suggests not doing kegels to accomplish this as they can actually worsen the underlying problem. The original post with the Katy Bowman interview on the Mama Sweat blog was so successful that Kara did a follow up interview to provide more information and clarity.
