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The cycle usually starts when you feel like something is falling out of your vagina. It's a scary feeling, so naturally you clench your pelvic floor to try to reduce it. But when you clench your pelvic floor, you often start clenching other muscles too - your glutes, your abs, everything tightens up. As you continue holding all this tension throughout the day, your posture starts to decline and the pressure inside your abdomen increases. That downward pressure makes the prolapse feeling even worse, which makes you want to clench more, and round and round you go. Breaking this cycle starts with awareness - recognizing when you're gripping and learning to let go of that tension.
The cycle usually starts when you feel like something is falling out of your vagina. It's a scary feeling, so naturally you clench your pelvic floor to try to reduce it. But when you clench your pelvic floor, you often start clenching other muscles too - your glutes, your abs, everything tightens up. As you continue holding all this tension throughout the day, your posture starts to decline and the pressure inside your abdomen increases. That downward pressure makes the prolapse feeling even worse, which makes you want to clench more, and round and round you go. Breaking this cycle starts with awareness - recognizing when you're gripping and learning to let go of that tension.