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How the Pelvic Floor Anchors Your Core

The pelvic floor anchors the deep core, enabling core strength and stability that's required for power transfer and healthy movement patterns in sports.

Physical therapist and NSCA 2026 Personal Trainer of the Year Dr. Rachel Selman shares how the pelvic floor is the foundation for core strength, regulating intraabdominal pressure (IAP).

Meet Your Pelvic Floor

In her groundbreaking book Floor It about pelvic floor health for athletes, Dr. Rachel Selman explores the pelvis, the pelvic muscles, and the pelvic floor to show how a strong and responsible pelvic system is crucial to sports performance for endurance, power, agility, and a strong and powerful swing.

Physical therapist Dr. Rachel Selman introduces your pelvis, your pelvic muscles, and your pelvic floor. A strong and responsive pelvic system is crucial to sports performance for endurance, power, agility, and healthy movement patterns.