Dr. Kelly Starrett

Then I have fascia and musculature that's super stiff because every time you do abs, you celebrate the stiffness, right? You do abs, you're like, oh, I'm sore today. I'm gonna go have some ice cream. When's the last time you managed your hamstrings or quads? Probably yesterday. When's the last time you rolled out your abs and your obliques? Never? Previous life.

Right, previous life before you respawn. So I think one of the things that we're seeing is, again, that would be a perfect time during the evening. Don't go to the gym and lay on the kettlebell and be a creepy guy. Instead, pull out that volleyball at home, pull out that princess ball you got at Walgreens, and start having a conversation with your pelvic floor.

Right, previous life before you respawn. So I think one of the things that we're seeing is, again, that would be a perfect time during the evening. Don't go to the gym and lay on the kettlebell and be a creepy guy. Instead, pull out that volleyball at home, pull out that princess ball you got at Walgreens, and start having a conversation with your pelvic floor.

Right, previous life before you respawn. So I think one of the things that we're seeing is, again, that would be a perfect time during the evening. Don't go to the gym and lay on the kettlebell and be a creepy guy. Instead, pull out that volleyball at home, pull out that princess ball you got at Walgreens, and start having a conversation with your pelvic floor.

Turns out, you know, your abdomen, the pelvic floor, can also be mobilized. So we just, it's really simple. Front of your pelvis is your pubic bone. That's the front of the pelvic floor. The back is your coccyx. And each ischial tuberosity, your sit bones is the side. Everything else is your pelvic floor. So you can take a ball and just stay away from the holes.

Turns out, you know, your abdomen, the pelvic floor, can also be mobilized. So we just, it's really simple. Front of your pelvis is your pubic bone. That's the front of the pelvic floor. The back is your coccyx. And each ischial tuberosity, your sit bones is the side. Everything else is your pelvic floor. So you can take a ball and just stay away from the holes.

Turns out, you know, your abdomen, the pelvic floor, can also be mobilized. So we just, it's really simple. Front of your pelvis is your pubic bone. That's the front of the pelvic floor. The back is your coccyx. And each ischial tuberosity, your sit bones is the side. Everything else is your pelvic floor. So you can take a ball and just stay away from the holes.

And if anything hurts to compression, you found a problem so you can contract and relax and apply that same tissue.

And if anything hurts to compression, you found a problem so you can contract and relax and apply that same tissue.

And if anything hurts to compression, you found a problem so you can contract and relax and apply that same tissue.

You would just be sitting down on your coffee table and just putting that, sitting that ball in and around your pelvis and around your glutes and around your pelvic floor, right? It might be dangerously close to your grundle, you're welcome. So the idea here, though, is, you know, oftentimes when we'll have athletes with back pain, we're not looking at their pelvic floor or hip pain.

You would just be sitting down on your coffee table and just putting that, sitting that ball in and around your pelvis and around your glutes and around your pelvic floor, right? It might be dangerously close to your grundle, you're welcome. So the idea here, though, is, you know, oftentimes when we'll have athletes with back pain, we're not looking at their pelvic floor or hip pain.

You would just be sitting down on your coffee table and just putting that, sitting that ball in and around your pelvis and around your glutes and around your pelvic floor, right? It might be dangerously close to your grundle, you're welcome. So the idea here, though, is, you know, oftentimes when we'll have athletes with back pain, we're not looking at their pelvic floor or hip pain.

But you have six short hip rotators, right? You don't just have a couple rotators. You have a huge rotator cuff of the hip. And some of those things are congruent and kind of part of that pelvic floor. So it's not that I need to go after my pelvic floor every day because, again, let me just add another thing to do your list.

But you have six short hip rotators, right? You don't just have a couple rotators. You have a huge rotator cuff of the hip. And some of those things are congruent and kind of part of that pelvic floor. So it's not that I need to go after my pelvic floor every day because, again, let me just add another thing to do your list.

But you have six short hip rotators, right? You don't just have a couple rotators. You have a huge rotator cuff of the hip. And some of those things are congruent and kind of part of that pelvic floor. So it's not that I need to go after my pelvic floor every day because, again, let me just add another thing to do your list.

But if something changes, I suddenly wake up and I don't have an erection. I suddenly am discovering that I'm peeing myself because I'm an elite cyclist, right? And something's happening that I'm like, oh, I know what to do here. Let me start to work on my belly. Let me see if I can work on restoring my positions. And can I do a little pelvic floor mobilization? And that's a great place to start.

But if something changes, I suddenly wake up and I don't have an erection. I suddenly am discovering that I'm peeing myself because I'm an elite cyclist, right? And something's happening that I'm like, oh, I know what to do here. Let me start to work on my belly. Let me see if I can work on restoring my positions. And can I do a little pelvic floor mobilization? And that's a great place to start.

But if something changes, I suddenly wake up and I don't have an erection. I suddenly am discovering that I'm peeing myself because I'm an elite cyclist, right? And something's happening that I'm like, oh, I know what to do here. Let me start to work on my belly. Let me see if I can work on restoring my positions. And can I do a little pelvic floor mobilization? And that's a great place to start.

And which doctor was involved? None. None. which pelvic floor therapist was involved in that. In fact, if you carry that to your specialist, they're going to be like, all right, we get to have the real conversation now because you've already done the other stuff.