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Physio recommended exercise - imagine a £50

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Chloeparrot
Chloeparrot

stuck between your bum cheeks (how it got there, I'll leave up to you).

Now imagine someone is trying to remove the £50 and you really, really don't want them to.  So, what do you do?

Tense those buttock muscles, hold for 5 seconds then release.  Repeat 10 times.

Once you can hold for 5 seconds, increase to 10, 15, 20 (you get the idea).

Excellent strengthening exercise!

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  • belleAUSSydney
    belleAUSSydney Chloeparrot

    Posted

    I have to admit the fifty pounds scared me more than the exercise. I just went to my GP for a referral (Australia) and will get five physio visits on Medicare.

    Ye olde butt clench is good for lots of things, including not peeing yourself in public. 

  • lyn1951
    lyn1951 Chloeparrot

    Posted

    Another goodie I was given by a physio, had some weakness in core muscles so I was told, and it works.

    Imagine you are trying to dooo up a button on hipster jeans and they are just simply tooo tight, what do you do but tuck in below your belly button.

    I could only do the exercise when I thought about it doing up the button, once I practised some more it came more and more easily, you also feel you pelvic floor respond as all the muscles are linked up.

    Helped hugely with sciatica pain post THR.

  • kris1964
    kris1964 Chloeparrot

    Posted

    Excellent tip!  Are you in UK? 

    I don't get any Physio. But am clenching as I type. ??????

  • suzie56
    suzie56 Chloeparrot

    Posted

    £50 sound so much more comfortable than the pea I was told to imagine. Happy clenching biggrin

  • Fernlady
    Fernlady Chloeparrot

    Posted

    Blimey, I'll be able to crack a nut with my bum cheeks soon then!

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