Can Breathwork Help Alleviate Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome?

Breathe in confidence. Exhale doubt.

Breathe in belief. Exhale fear.

Breathe in strength; exhale weakness.

Breathe in health; exhale pain

• -George Kittle - Tightend SF 49ers

You must be asking why such a focus on breathing? Why is breathing so important? Or, Why does it matter to the pelvic floor?

In short, breathing exercises activate the vagus nerve, this triggers the parasympathetic nervous system.

So why activate the parasympathetic nervous system. Chronic stress/pain leaves the body in a state of fight or flight. This is the sympathetic nervous system doing its job to prepare us for the threat.

Staying at this level fatigues the body, manifesting aches and pains.

Parasympathetic system regulates inflammation, heart rate, breathing, gastric intestinal tract etc.

TLDR: Deep breathing calms the nervous system by

• Activating your parasympathetic system,

• Allowing the body to relax,

• Bringing more movement to the ribs and pelvic floor, this allows the pelvic floor to relax.

Bringing air into the lower sections of your lungs is key to this ( check out the further reading below).

Think about your ribcage as an umbrella, not only do you want movement of your rib cage. We want tummy filling also.

Deep Breathing Exercise tips

Start in a lying position.

• Hands on the side of your ribs, this way you can feel your rib cage and tummy expand.

• Inhale through your nose count to 5-8 secs

• Gently exhale through your mouth, don’t force the air, let it come out gently.

• Repeat this 4-5 times.

• 3 times throughout the day

Further reading:

https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breath-book

This is a great book on the topic of breathing.

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