Don't Forget Your Pelvic Floor!

Choose all yellow flags that might indicate a modification of an activity is necessary. (Can be more than one correct answer.)

• Feeling of heaviness in the pelvis

• Bleeding or spotting

• Any type of leakage

• Unable to complete a movement

Answer explanation

Surprise! It's all of them.

What is the core occasionally compared to?

What is something else to consider when creating a program for a client? (Can be more than one correct answer.)

• Fluid + fiber intake

• Mental health

• Relationship to pain + trauma

• Overall time availability

Answer explanation

Surprise again! It's all of them.

Diastasis recti (DRA) is always dysfunctional.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

DRA is a natural occurrence and research does not support that DRA is consistently dysfunctional. Much more of the general population has what is considered a pathological DRA without symptoms than initially thought. You can have DRA without dysfunction, but you can also have DRA with dysfunction. Treat the client in front of you!

Prolapse is sometimes considered a _______ and a ________ issue.

Answer explanation

**Prolapse can be considered a posture and a pressure issue. If you wrote this and it marked it wrong, I apologize.