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Susan Winograd, MSPT, is a licensed physical therapist, pelvic floor specialist, and founder of Pelvicore Rehab & Wellness in Boca Raton, Florida. She earned her Master's degree in Physical Therapy from the College of Staten Island in 1998 and has spent nearly 30 years developing deep clinical expertise in pelvic floor dysfunction, women's and men's pelvic health, pre and postnatal care, chronic pelvic pain, and scar tissue release therapy. Susan takes a whole-body approach to healing — identifying and treating the root cause of her patients' symptoms rather than managing them in isolation. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and has been featured on multiple health and wellness podcasts as a recognized pelvic floor specialist in South Florida.
Your gut and your pelvic floor are more connected than you think.
Constipation, bloating, IBS, and pelvic pain often share the same underlying cause. Susan takes a whole-body approach that addresses both systems together — getting to the root instead of just managing symptoms.
Remember in our last blog, the first part of our reflux series we talked about how the the respiratory diaphragm, the muscle for breathing can be the culprit of acid reflux (heartburn symptoms)!!!!
You all know that I believe breathing is magical…..
Here’s another example, Deep Diaphragmatic Breathing can help prevent symptoms of acid reflux.
There are 3 progressions to this breathing exercise. I recommend performing all 3 to get maximum benefit and results
Step 1:
Deep diaphragmatic breathing may help with symptoms of heartburn by helping the rib cage expand, stretch, and relax the diaphragm.
This can also open up the space ( hiatus) that the esophagus goes through the diaphragm and take pressure off the esophagus to relieve symptoms of heartburn.
Deep diaphragmatic breathing may also help relaxing the abdominal muscles for those who hold persistently hold tension in this muscle group (a.k.a Ab Grippers).
Step 2:
We can progress this deep breathing exercise by placing a small ball (or our hands) over our diaphragm and breathing into this area giving the inhalation a bit of resistance.
This resistance will help to further strengthen the diaphragm and improve the efficiency that one-way valve to prevent acid from rising back from the stomach and back into the esophagus.
Step 3:
From here we can either use our hands or a piece of a resistance band to provide resistance around our rib cage , think about breathing out and expanding the resistance band as we inhale and shortening the thera band as we exhale.
Try performing these exercises before and after eating to help prevent heartburn.
Begin with about 10 repetitions of each step working you way up to 20-30 repetitions
Don’t wait to start feeling better!!
Digestive symptoms and pelvic pain are rarely separate problems.
If you've been managing gut symptoms for years without real relief, pelvic floor dysfunction may be part of the picture. Susan has helped many patients in Boca Raton find relief from chronic constipation, bloating, and bowel dysfunction through a whole-body treatment approach. Your first call is free.
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