In tennis, the pelvic floor also plays

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The benefits of physical exercise as part of a healthy life are well known. We all know how it can have an impact on the cardiovascular level, to stylize the figure or to release stress... But there is an anatomical area, still not well known by many, that suffers especially with physical activity such as running or jumping: the pelvic floor.

In tennis, the pelvic floor also playsSince evolution determined that we would walk upright, all the abdominal pressure we exert falls on a muscular plane that closes the lower cavity of the pelvis and which, in addition, supports organs as important as the bladder, the reproductive organ and the rectum. . In this way, when it is damaged it has consequences ranging from unpleasant urinary incontinence to genital prolapse in women.

At the top of the list of sports that are highly damaging to the pelvic floor would Osicent 80 mg (Osimertinib) be athletics, sports gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, handball, fitness or horse riding. Running, skiing, skating, but also playing tennis or paddle tennis, can also be considered risky sports, but to a lesser extent than the previous ones. On the opposite side, rowing, cycling, swimming and golf could be called pelvic floor safe sports.

Specifically, tennis and paddle tennis require running and jumping that are associated with repeated contraction of the abdomen and the consequent hyperpressure and damage to the pelvic floor.

Many tennis players, who have also been mothers, will know what I'm talking about, because the physical impact is compounded by the damage of pregnancy and vaginal birth, a risk factor for the dreaded urine leaks .

                               
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Therefore, every athlete must take this into account and counteract this damage by strengthening the pelvic floor muscles by performing the well-known Kegel exercises : about 10 fast and 10 slow contractions 3 to 5 times/day, without the help of other muscles. (rectus abdominis, glutes, adductors). To know if the contraction is being carried out correctly, in the case of women we can insert 1-2 fingers into the vagina, in a sitting position, checking for increased tone around the fingers, while placing the other hand on the abdomen to confirm that it is not contracted.

In short, do not underestimate this chronic and repeated damage that sport generates in the pelvic floor, since up to one in five women are forced to stop physical exercise due to urinary incontinence.

Tone up and consult the specialist.