LEARN ABOUT YOUR PELVIC FLOOR

10 February, 2018

The aim of this workshop is to gain awareness of the existence and importance of the pelvic floor in the health of women and men.

Learn to locate and activate it. Know the risk factors that impair the proper functioning of this area of our body in order to prevent them. In short, learn or improve the control of these structures to achieve their optimal functioning and the whole body’s functioning in general.

  1. What is the pelvic floor?
  2. Anatomy of the pelvis

2.1 Bones of the pelvis

2.2 Muscles that conform the pelvic floor

2.3 Organs of the minor pelvis

2.4 External genitalia

  1. Functions of the pelvic floor.
  2. Importance of the relationship between the structures that form the abdominal cavity and the floor of the pelvis.
  3. How does posture affect the proper functioning of the pelvic floor?
  4. What happens when the proper functioning of the pelvic floor is disturbed?
  5. Most frequent dysfunctions: Urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunctions …
  6. What can we do to prevent pelvic floor dysfunctions? Preventive therapies. Healthy habits.
  7. What treatments of already established dysfunctions exist?
  8. Material demonstration.

Practical exercises:

  1. Self-palpation of the pelvis. Bone Flanges. Recognize the different bones that conform the pelvis.
  2. Mobilization of the pelvis. Ante-retroversion / circumduction.
  3. Thoracic and abdominal breathing.
  4. Perineal self-palpation. Differentiate contraction / relaxation.
  5. Kegel exercises. Vaginal and anal contraction.
  6. Activation of the abdominal muscles.
  7. Hypopressive exercises

Recipients: Any person interested (male or female) in knowing better and working their pelvic floor, in order to improve the quality of their life in general and the quality of their sexual life in particular.

Date: February 10, 2018

Hours: 4 hours (from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Teacher: Xisca Terrassa, physiotherapist specialized in pelvic floor (Collegiate Nº: 82)

Address: Institute Psychology-Sexology Mallorca. San Miguel Street, nº68A, 5th floor (Palma de Mallorca).

Price: 30€

“We do not currently plan to hold this workshop soon, but if you are interested in this topic, any of our psychologists can help you. You can choose to request a first appointment for free and without compromise.”

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