Did you know that the pelvic floor muscles contract up to 400% of their maximal voluntary contraction during the land phase of a jump?
Find out the implications for practice and why abstaining from high impact exercise will NOT help if you have a pelvic floor problem. It’s about finding the right level for you & working up from there.
Helen Keeble is a UK Pelvic Health Physiotherapist from the UK with a special interest in female sports. Helen spent 18 months of her career working inside a CrossFit gym assessing and treating pelvic health complaints related to a huge variety of functional movements and positions (eg: jumping, running, squatting and lifting). Helen is the Clinical Lead and Director of pH Physiotherapy in London and Dublin, and has been tutoring for the POGP since 2015.
Women's, Men's and Pelvic Health National Group
12/08/2020
1 Hour
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