044: The Ultimate Guide to Pelvic Floor Strength and Sexual Wellness with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist, Dr. Lance Frank

Your pelvic floor is one of the most important (and most neglected) muscle groups in your body. 

Why?

Well, your pelvic floor helps you optimize your sexual wellness, last longer in bed, and you use it every time you go to the bathroom - or “hold” yourself from going to the bathroom.

And whether we like it or not, most of us are going to have issues with one of these things - are more than one - at some point in our lives. For some of us, that will happen earlier than others.

Generally speaking, older guys tend to have an underactive pelvic floor, and younger guys tend to have an overactive pelvic floor. But both problems, while different in cause, can cause similar symptoms: ED, weak erections, and suboptimal sexual wellness. 

That’s the bad news. 

The good news? 

Strengthening these muscles in your pelvic floor can help you gain better control over these issues. Just because you get older doesn’t mean you have to have pelvic floor issues.

And the solution is actually rather simple, even if it’s not easy in practice. That’s why I invited a pelvic floor physical therapist onto today’s show. 

In this episode, Dr. Lance Frank, DPT, MPH reveals the ultimate guide to strengthening your pelvic floor, problems caused by an underactive and overactive pelvic floor, and how you can get stronger erections and better enjoy your lives - both sexually and non-sexually.

Listen now. 

Show highlights include: 

• The scientific reason why core exercises can help you have better sex (4:58) 
• A quick, 30-second exercise you can do right now to get stronger erections (6:49) 
• How addressing your pelvic floor can make testicular pain you’ve had for years disappear in just a few weeks (11:53) 
• 3 simple tricks to make kegels more effective (14:25) 
• The counterintuitive way relaxing your pelvic floor can help you last longer in bed (25:15) 
• Why sexual wellness problems are often more of a mental health issue than a physical health issue (and how to improve your mental health) (30:15) 
• The “Clenched Fist” trap which could be the underlying cause of your ED (37:26) 
• How to assess if you have an overactive or underactive pelvic floor by doing this breathing exercise (41:39) 
• A pelvic floor physical therapist’s top 5 exercises for your pelvic floor (54:56) 
• Why hip-opening exercises are crucial to your sexual wellness especially if you sit all day (and the top 5 hip-opening stretches to do) (58:20) 

If you want more help strengthening your pelvic floor, follow Lance on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@lance_in_your_pants or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/lanceinyourpants/ 

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