"Lengthening" the pelvic floor in pelvic pain - what does that actually mean?

[@sagarabocsofficial5737]

Mam, I feel burning sensation in lower abdomen since three months and also thighs are paining I met urologist, neurologist and orthopedic I did ultrasound,MRI and blood tests but all are normal, I can't sit more than half an hour but I'm not feeling heavy pain in pelvic region but discomfort while sitting and walking can you give any suggestions please..?

[@RichWan]

Thanks for the video. So can one lengthen pelvis floor muscles?

[@robertwhite2449]

Interesting. What do you think of eccentric contraction stretching (which can lengthen muscle fibres and sarcomeres in the long run) to lengthen muscles tied into the pelvic structure? There's a lot of buzz around Dynamic Contraction Training which uses this to help pelvic pain

[@jillybond1502]

Hi Robert. Yup, totally agree. "Dynamic Contraction Training" sounds a lot like "proprioceptive Neurmouscular Facilitation" - what I learnt back at uni. These things come around again and get rebranded. The evidence shows that if you want to stretch/lengthen a muscle you need to involve some contraction first, and specifically in the pelvic floor with pain states. I think this is because it's important to get some brainy connection to an area with poor proprioceptive understanding to begin with. Are you using it?

[@peacefulbliss1]

@@jillybond1502 I have been using DCT for about a month now, and it is working for me. There is a book by Bob Cooley called "The Genius Of Flexibility" that I have been working out of that has this "resistance technique", and I am seeing good progress. It is very hard work, but it is working for me. Accomplished more with this in one month than I did doing static stretching exercises with a physical therapist for several months, which did nothing. Just my two cents Jilly.

[@jillybond1502]

@@peacefulbliss1 Fantastic! I'll have a look. Keep going!

[@nomorepain4you]

Where can I find an example of eccentric contraction stretching for pelvic floor? Thanks!

[@zaidana1462]

@@peacefulbliss1 how are you doing now. I’m also going through this hell . Does dct actually help on long run

[@glynrowson]

is running ok with cpps

[@jillybond1502]

Absolutely! Exercise is fantastic for pelvic pain. Do anything that makes you feel good :)

[@glynrowson]

@@jillybond1502 thank you jilly i read alot about walking is realy good to help get blood flow into the pelvic floor muscles its low impact and put you in a good mood to is that true jilly

[@FuzzyNinja21]

Socomeres? What is this word. I'm not bri'ish