Your period and pelvic floor

Ladies with pelvic organ prolapse! Do you feel more symptomatic right before or during your period? Lower back pain, hip tightness, bulging/heaviness, tampon feeling and just more lax? The constipation during this time of your cycle doesn't help either, does it? Hormones play a huge role and some months can be better or worse. Your cervix does tend to hang a bit lower during this time of your cycle so it's completely normal to feel a worsening in symptoms. Remember, this is not a life sentence and there are things you can do to make yourself feel better during this time.

1 - Self care. If something doesn't feel good, maybe hold off until symptoms get better (this means certain exercises with impact or heavy lifting).

2 - Go back to the basics. Keep things low impact and do those glute bridges, clams, lying leg extensions and other more "gentle" exercises that don't bring pressure "down".

3 - Meditate and Breathe. Not only will this keep your anxiety at bay, but diaphragmatic breathing can ease your symptoms and get your system working in balance with your pelvic floor.

4 - Walk! With good posture and proper breathing, walking can alleviate much of those nagging prolapse symptoms. And it keeps your heart and weight in check.

See below at this image of how your body is naturally changing during your cycle (even without the addition of a prolapse). This image was resourced from https://theflowerempowered.com/knowledge-portal/pelvic-organ-prolapse/