10 Minute Tip #27: The Unlikely Relationship Between Pelvic Floor, Core, and Hips

10 Minute Tip #27: The Unlikely Relationship Between Pelvic Floor, Core, and Hips

In this episode of the PRS Podcast, Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC sits down with the PRS Pelvic Health Specialist, Dr. Breanne Maruca, PT, PRSCC, CLT, WCS to discuss the relationship between the pelvic floor, core strength, hip, and even back issues. As Rori shared in a previous episode, she noticed an improvement in her hip pain symptoms after pelvic floor therapy, which highlights the fact that the body truly operates as a system, and not a collection of parts. Consequently, pelvic floor health and function should always be considered even when dealing with seemingly unrelated issues.

 

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Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC: [00:00:10] All right, guys, welcome back to the Progressive Rehab & Strength podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Rori Alter, head clinical coach, here with my lovely co-host for the month, Dr. Breanne Maruca, pelvic health specialist, clinical coach, which is a certified lymphedema therapy therapist and a women's certified specialist. WCS, and CrossFit Level one coach. So Bre is like all the things.

Dr. Breanne Maruca, PT, PRSCC, CLT, WCS, CFL1: [00:00:48] I got the alphabet soup, I got the alphabet.

Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC: [00:00:50] Soup. But, you know, if you haven't listened to our other podcasts on pelvic health, not just women's health, but pelvic health because all humans have pelvises and all helmets, all Hellmann's, all humans have abdomens and cores and spines and, you know, their torso trunk region. So that is the area that Bre really specializes in. And so if you haven't listened to our functional anatomy episode on the core and pelvic floor, definitely go listen to that. And then we also have an awareness episode on all Common Core abdominal and pelvic issues that both men and women deal with and that generally arise outside of training and may or may not affect training or may or may not be affected by training. And really, with all these things, you don't have to stop training. We just have to figure out how to address them so that you can continue to train safely while also rehabilitating or repairing those regions that need some attention.

Dr. Breanne Maruca, PT, PRSCC, CLT, WCS, CFL1: [00:01:59] And and using training as a tool to help, again, not only rehab and recover, but then to help prevent and further help, you know, help that system. Support that system.

Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC: [00:02:11] Exactly. And so today or this episode is a ten minute tip episode, and Bre and I are really not good at keeping things short because we just... the cogs in our brains just start going faster and faster and.

Dr. Breanne Maruca, PT, PRSCC, CLT, WCS, CFL1: [00:02:27] Rolling.

Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC: [00:02:28] And every time we have a conversation inside and outside of the podcast, we just come up with more ideas and insight and, and just understanding of the things that we're talking about. So that's why Bre and I love each other so much. But anyway, this is a ten minute tip and what we're doing. Love you too. And what we're doing in this podcast we are going to discuss the relationship between the pelvic floor core and low back and hip and SI joint pain, because often times people will do physical therapy for back pain, hip pain, traditional physical therapy, or even physical therapy with myself or John or Alyssa. And we're addressing the SI joint or the hip or the back. And we've done really everything that we could. We've sent them for MRIs, we've sent them for injections or they've had surgery, not just, you know, we don't actually often send people for surgery, but, you know, just generally speaking, anyone who's working with any physical therapist or any coach or any doctor, they might have done all the things injections, medications, physical therapy, chiropractic surgery, and they're still having issues. So what we're going to talk about in this ten minute tip is the relationship between the pelvic floor, the inner core and how those things are often not addressed correctly or even forgotten and their connection to kind of crossing the finish line with resolving issues like that. So, Bree, I'm going to get a timer started and I want you to just kind of word vomit or brain dump your thoughts on the connection between the pelvic floor, the core and low back and hip issues. And does the pelvic floor and core always need to be addressed or does it not? And how do we know if it does need to be addressed? So I'm going to start the timer. Ten minutes for anyone who's watching on YouTube.