Pilates and hypopressive gymnastics: fit health

The Pilates method is a training that combines strength, resistance, flexibility and mental control. Hypopressive abdominal gymnastics helps to strengthen the pelvic floor of the woman a month and a half after the baby is born. Any age is good to start exercising the pelvic floor and improve its strength and elasticity conditions. The pelvic floor in women supports the abdominal organs and, like any muscle group in the body, it is important to keep it in shape. However, it is not given much attention until the first signs of loss of strength appear in the form of incontinence or sexual dysfunction. The female pelvic floor is made up of a series of deep and superficial ligaments and muscles, whose function is to support the organs of the abdominal cavity -bladder, uterus, vagina and rectum- and confer stability to the spine and pelvis. However, it progressively weakens over the years due to general loss of muscle tone, pregnancy, menopause. In pregnancy, "this musculature supports the weight gain that the baby entails and the hormonal changes, which decreases the capacity to contain, so that up to 40% of Spanish women will suffer urine loss in this period", specifies this expert. "During childbirth, she must stretch so much that, without the defense mechanisms of the pregnancy itself, the damage would be irreparable. The symptoms of menopause also affect this muscle, especially if it already arrives weakened or injured.
Specific exercises, such as Kegel exercises, are essential to strengthen it: «The sooner you become aware of its importance and start exercising this musculature, the better the aforementioned drawbacks can be minimized. To gain quality of life, you need to know your body better and, above all, your pelvic floor, in addition to strengthening it at any age. If there are no previous problems, five minutes a day is enough to maintain

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