Pelvic Floor Wellness Workshop
With Rachel Percoco, MSPT, DPT
June 29, 2024 10.30am-12.30pm
Why Care About the Pelvic Floor?
Did you know that everyone has a pelvic floor? And, that it is part of our "core" also called " the center point in yoga practice? This relatively obscure area of our body is getting growing attention from researchers and therapists who are shining light on how pelvic floor dysfuntions affect both male and female bodies.
The pelvic floor is a group of muscles that stretches from the pubic bone to the tailbone, supporting the pelvic organs as part of the core. It plays an essential role in healthy body functioning including urination, defecation, sex and even emotional health. In this workshop, you will learn about healthy habits for your core and how yoga can help strengthen and stabilize this critical area of the body.
Workshop Topics
- Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor
- Physiology of the Pelvic Floor
- Practice sitting: contact, relax, cough, lengthen
- Synergistic muscles: Abdominals, adductors, gluteal
- Practice: laying down
- Normal/underactive/overactive: causes and treatment
- Incontinence: stress vs urge
- Prolapse
- Pelvic pain: torticollis
- Constipation: PFM function with the bowels
- How do we know if we’re doing the right thing for our bodies
- Traditional Hot Yoga postures for healthy pelvic floor
Workshop Cost
Members: $24 (anyone on Monthly Unlimited Traditional or Learning2Fly package)
Non-Members: $30 (accessible at the studio or via Zoom)
Who is Rachel?
Rachael Percoco, MSPT, DPT
Director of Outpatient Services
Preferred Therapy Outpatient and Wellness
Rachael is a physical therapist, receiving her Masters in Physical Therapy in 2005 from Northeastern University and a Doctorate from Simmons College in 2009. She received advanced training in Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for adults and pediatrics and prenatal and postpartum exercise. In 2012, she completed a 200 hour Yoga certification and has taken continuing education for pediatric Yoga and prenatal and postpartum Yoga. Rachael is co-owner of a healing clinic out of a studio barn in Rowley, MA offering a variety of healing therapies including PT, yoga classes, and workshops focused on pelvic health. Rachael enjoys creation of many levels..in clay, in movement, in dirt and in her connections.
