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How to Squat for a Healthy Pelvic Floor: Pregnancy Safe Squatting

How to Squat for a Healthy Pelvic Floor: Safe Squatting for Pre and Postnatal Women Visit www.bodyandbirthphysio.com to learn more about Women's Health, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy, and Natural Movement, plus our online and local Physiotherapy and Restorative Exercise services. Body & Birth's Sami Cattach, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist and Restorative Exercise Specialist certified by Nutritious Movement, shows how to squat for a healthy pelvic floor. Video Timeline: 0:22 - Introduction 0:33 - Squatting in our modern culture 1:00 - Benefits of squatting 1:35 - Why NOT to go straight to a deep squat 1:49 - Ideal squat 2:25 - Exercise 1 - Hands and Knees Squat Prep 3:51 - Exercise 2 - Assisted Loaded Squat 5:55 - Benefits of regular squatting Squatting (as in the way you would go to the toilet when camping, not at the gym with weights) helps to maintain pelvic floor function by creating a gentle stretch or lengthening of the muscles. Once an activity that would have been performed many times throughout the day, not just for bathrooming, but also as a resting position in the absence of chairs or furniture, this very natural movement has (very recently) disappeared almost completely from our Westernized culture. Frequent deep squatting throughout the day helps by: Restoring the length and function of the pelvic floor muscles over a lifetime Maintaining hip, knee and ankle mobility Building strength as you use the gluteal muscles (which are also the pelvic floor support structures) to lower down and stand back up. Most of us do not currently have the strength or mobility in our joints to be able to get into a deep squat straight away, and in fact if you already have some pelvic floor issues or limited joint mobility you may be causing more harm than good by jumping straight into tons of squats every day. These following squat prep exercise as taught by Katy Bowman can be used to work up to a full squat, but you will still be getting a lot of the squat benefits just by doing the exercises in the video. Pregnancy and childbirth is a very natural and exciting time, however it is often one of the most challenging things we ask of our bodies, especially our pelvic floor. Learning about your alignment, how to stand, walk, squat and move more naturally before and during pregnancy can help you prepare your body for pregnancy and birth, and lead to improved pelvic floor and core function postpartum.