Floor It

A science-backed, stigma-free guide to pelvic health for all athletes and those who train and treat them.

In her groundbreaking guide to the pelvic floor, Dr. Rachel Selman, DPT, identifies the problems that weak or overactive pelvic muscles can cause in sports and daily life—nagging pain or issues that athletes might dismiss or be too embarrassed to address:

· Your running form, trunk control, or stability deteriorates with fatigue.

· You find it difficult to effectively brace, transfer force, or maintain strength under heavy load.

· You feel powerful producing force but less capable of absorbing it when landing, cutting, or decelerating.

· You experience leaking while running, jumping, lifting, or competing.

· You have recurring pelvic, hip, groin, abdominal, or low back pain that lacks a clear explanation.

Even in the absence of pain or obvious symptoms, your pelvic floor may be limiting your training. It works as part of an integrated system to help you breathe, brace, transfer force, absorb impact, manage pressure, stabilize the trunk and pelvis, and respond dynamically to the demands of your sport. And like every other muscle system in the body, it needs the right combination of strength, mobility, coordination, endurance, and power.

Floor It is both an instruction manual and a manifesto, intent on helping you achieve a foundation that allows you to move, train, and perform better.