PELVIC FLOOR AND PELVIS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM | LVL Live Ep 12 "Your body chooses familiarity over safety. Your job is to make safe and secure familiar." Leaking, back pain, high hamstring pain, a stitch that won't go away. Athletes rarely talk about them, and almost nobody asks. In this live episode I look at the pelvic floor and pelvis as one system with your breath, your hips and your feet, and the three steps I use to get it working: breath first, a dynamic pelvis second, strength third. It's for men and women, and it isn't only a postpartum issue. Watch it with Wednesday's community masterclass, which goes further into hip function, the movements and how to come back to strength: [MASTERCLASS LINK] Companion handbook, with the masterclass notes, a full fact check and references: [HANDBOOK LINK] Drills from the show: - Blow Before You Go: https://youtu.be/wMJz3HPolbU - Side-lying hip openers: https://youtu.be/26E-p60CyK8 - Ball on head: https://youtu.be/wLP3shjj11A - Deep Glute Release: https://youtu.be/7-qgIUjP4qk FREE 5-DAY RUNNING RESET: five days, one concept a day, on how to run in a way that fits everything in this episode. Free: [RUNNING RESET LINK] Corrections from the stream and the masterclass - The Australian study: I said 58,000 women (and 30,000 in the masterclass). It was 38,050 women, published in 2006. Leaking and breathing problems went with more back pain, and a follow-up of about 7,500 women found each predicted the other. Those were observational studies, not treatment trials. - Potty training: I flagged this on air. The age has gone up, from about 24 months to 36 to 39 months over 50 years, but not to 4 and a half years. - Mirinda Carfrae: I said the Austrian Ironman record and, in the masterclass, a world record. It was a course record at Ironman Austria 2016 (8:41:17), at the time the 11th-fastest women's Ironman-distance time. - In the masterclass, two athletes' stories ran together. The 10 years without running, the insomnia and the gut flare-ups are Emma Snowsill's, shared with her permission. The eight months without being able to hop belong to a different athlete. - Leaking in runners: I said about 60%. Studies range from about a third of female athletes to 44% of competitive athletes, highest in long-distance runners. Very common either way. - Deep hip rotators: there are six, not seven. - The 1996 transverse abdominis study used fine-wire EMG, not ultrasound. - Hitting the wall is mainly running out of stored carbohydrate. Tired breathing muscles add to it. - The pelvic floor and glutes: in the masterclass I said the pelvic floor competes with your glutes. More precisely, it fires with the glute stabilisers and competes with hip extension. Mentioned - Wednesday's pelvic floor masterclass: https://youtu.be/DQZBOyLjvDA - Julie Wiebe, who coined Blow Before You Go: https://www.juliewiebept.com - Last week: The Problem With Breathwork, on the channel - Hips to Heels, on the channel Next Thursday, November 5: one more round on the pelvis, and how to have a healthy, functioning pelvis. Live, 12pm Mountain Time. Disclosure: I'm a Ra Optics affiliate and wear their blue light glasses on the show. Thanks to my friends at Path Projects for the kit. Ra Optics (code LVLUP): https://ra-optics.myshopify.com/discount/LVLUP?rfsn=8856936.73aef8c FIND LAWRENCE Community (7-day free trial): https://community.lawrencevanlingen.com/checkout/lvl-up-movement-membership Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawrencevanlingen/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@lawrencevanlingen Website: https://lawrencevanlingen.com Watch the full video on YouTube: search LVL Live, Lawrence van Lingen. This livestream is educational and is not medical advice. If you have leaking, pelvic pain, heaviness or back pain, see a pelvic health physiotherapist. LVL UP MOVEMENT Membership: https://lawrencevanlingen.com/pages/memberships Flow Ropes & Tools: https://lawrencevanlingen.com/collections/flow-ropes-mobility-tools Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawrencevanlingen/ Educational and informational purposes only. Not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional regarding injury, symptoms or medical concerns. Mastery, not medals.