Cueing Neutral Spine, the Pelvic Floor and Transverse Abdominus (Deep Core Basics - Part 1)

We have got Elise, our Senior Physio Pilates-trained guru to show you what you need to be doing with your core on certain exercises. This is the first of six episodes.
This 1st episode is about finding your neutral spine, getting your transverse abdominus working, engaging on your pelvic floor, and getting all those three things all in sync. Now, this one's especially important for people who have got back pain or had back pain. They've lost their core. They don't know what to do.
So if you're one of those people who is struggling with this stuff, listen to her cueing. She's going to work through step by step on what to do. So one, you can actually do it properly, and two, it becomes a little bit less boring.
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[@ZenGrammy]

No idea what those negative comments are all about. I have studied pelvic floor, TA , and core engagements for decades and this tutorial is excellent. Love the string cue! 🌼

[@Dr_Jekyll23]

Sensational video! The information and especially the cues have, without exaggeration, already improved my hip and my back somewhat.

[@KineticSense_byVictoria]

I just learned this last year from a Pilates turned weight lifting instructor. Such a game changer. She also taught it with the breath. Teaching the pelvic floor with the diaphragm is important too with heavy lifting. Thank you for the vid!

[@ninkazee]

Great video. However, can you do one on what to do if one side is activating better than the other?

[@ZenGrammy]

Impaitiently waiting for Part 2. Hurry up, please!

[@physiorehab]

Stay tuned!! 😄

[@theenlightenedone5429]

Still can't do it. I'm very internal oblique dominant and can't feel my ta...

[@poolmilethirty2859]

Hey coach, you resemble David Beckam.

[@ZenGrammy]

He is far more handsome than Beckham! ❤

[@constantinweid-nickel2908]

I'm not one who is commenting often, but when a "pilates guru" thinks you can palpate the activation of the muscles of the pelvic floor at the hight of the anterior superior iliac spine, I can't hold it in any longer (3:30 is the part that's triggering). Get an Anatomy book, that's not at all where to find the pelvic floor. Pretty disappointed, I've got to say. It's not that the techniques are bad, but from a channel such as this I would have expected more.

[@anthonybacha2521]

On top of this, if you think activating deep muscles in your core will prevent back pain - you are mistaken unless you expect your patients to walk around with their core activated 24/7.

[@physiorehab]

Interesting to think we are palpating the pelvic floor! She never says that. The palpation is of the abdominals that are contracted when the person contracts the pelvic floor.

[@physiorehab]

I think you have the whole concept wrong. We don't expect patients to do that. The patient is training the pelvic floor and transverse abdominus to increase tone, strength and neuromuscular awareness, which is usually reduced with back pain. The improvements then pass onto everyday movements. This is no different to practicing any other muscle system to then perform better during activities when you are not thinking about it and it works naturally @@anthonybacha2521

[@kostar500]

@@physiorehabi agree with you and i appreciate this video a lot…

[@BookishDark]

@@anthonybacha2521these techniques have been the ONLY way I’ve made any progress with my back pain. Most channels focus solely on the surface abdominal muscles and that got me nowhere because it still left the transverse muscles beneath completely inactive and unstable. Without learning to stabilize the deeper pelvic floor, surface muscles won’t have the foundation to do anything. It isn’t about contracting the muscles constantly, it’s about building the floor level so that the rest of you can strengthen. Otherwise, it’s like building a house on a pile of sticks that are sitting atop a huge hole - without the support from underneath, the added weight will inevitably break the sticks. You need the solid ground.