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Alternative Methods to Pelvic Floor Muscle Awareness and Training

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Pelvic Floor Re-education

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Pelvic floor muscles are increasingly incorporated into Yoga and Pilates classes and for lower back pain physiotherapy. Other techniques, including Feldenkrais physiotherapy, which develops pelvic floor awareness through movement and functional integration, and Cantienica, whereby a pelvic floor contraction is palpated externally after movements between the ischial tuberosities, greater trochanters, and the coccyx. Whole-body vibrations through biomechanical stimulation of the muscles increases metabolic power, might target type II muscle fibers, and is increasingly used in the training of athletes and the management of women with osteoporosis. Theoretically, this may lead to a more powerful muscle contraction.

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  1. Department of Gynaecology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

    Kaven Baessler MD

  2. Pelvic Power, Chemmart Pharmacy, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

    Barbara E. Bell BSc, BA

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Gynaecology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

    Kaven Baessler MD (Consultant Gynaecologist) (Consultant Gynaecologist)

  2. Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Kathryn L. Burgio PhD (Professor of Medicine, Associate Director) (Professor of Medicine, Associate Director)

  3. Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Kathryn L. Burgio PhD (Professor of Medicine, Associate Director) (Professor of Medicine, Associate Director)

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Peggy A. Norton MD (Professor Chief of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery) (Professor Chief of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery)

  5. Neue Frauenklinik, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland

    Bernhard Schüssler MD, PhD (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

  6. Department of Urogynaecology, University of New South Wales St George Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Kate H. Moore MBBS, MD, FRCOG, FRANZCOG, CU (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  7. Portland Hospital, London, UK

    Stuart L. Stanton FRCS, FRCOG, FRANZCOG(Hon) (Professor of Pelvic Floor Reconstruction and Urogynaecology) (Professor of Pelvic Floor Reconstruction and Urogynaecology)

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Baessler, K., Bell, B.E. (2008). Alternative Methods to Pelvic Floor Muscle Awareness and Training. In: Baessler, K., Burgio, K.L., Norton, P.A., Schüssler, B., Moore, K.H., Stanton, S.L. (eds) Pelvic Floor Re-education. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-505-9_23

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