Standing with pelvic instability and pelvic pain 

Posture and variety in movement are the most important things when it comes to standing with pelvic instability. Standing costs a lot of energy and places a lot of pressure on the body. You can easily notice this when you’re experiencing pelvic instability. The gravity presses on the pelvis and an eventual pregnant belly additionally presses on the unstable pelvis with pelvic pain. It’s important to know how to stand. Varying your standing posture or movements is important. When you have pelvic instability and you stand, it’s recommended to walk or sit after every 15 minutes. The variety relieves the pelvis, the pelvic floor and the pelvic ligaments. It’s important to know to know some tips so that you can properly stand and to prevent pelvic pain as much as possible. These are the most applicable tips for when you want to stand with pelvic instability. 

 

7 tips for standing with pelvic instability:  

 

1. Always stand on 2 legs. Never lean on 1 leg. 
2. Stand firmly on both of your feet, your feet placed on hip-width. 
3. Stand with your toes pointing forward. This prevents you from making a lot of turning movements.  
4. Keep your knees a bit bent. Don’t stand with overstretched knees.  
5. Don’t tilt your pelvis too much forward when you’re standing. Don’t stand with a hollow back, but also not with a back that’s too rounded. Find a good middle.  
6. Keep your upper back straight, with the sternum slightly forward. 
7. Don’t make turning movements. This can be very painful for your pelvis and back. 

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Pelvic instability accompanied with pelvic pain but other pelvic issues as well can be very uncomfortable but very painful too. There are some movements that can trigger pelvic pain next to your pelvic instability, think of taking a seat, standing up, lifting, bending over, walking the stairs, cycling and especially standing. Standing in the same position for a prolonged period of time can become a very uncomfortable experience. It’s hard to find a good posture which makes you able to hold out longer when you have pelvic instability.  

 

 

It’s important that you still move enough when you have pelvic pain next to your pelvic instability. Pelvic pain demotivates moving. A drastic decrease in movement and muscle mass can occur when you experience pelvic issues. This decrease can cause a variety of other issues. Try to keep moving with a few applicable tips. That way you remain strong and healthy, and you prevent more problems.  

 

 

The difference between pelvic instability, pelvic pain and pelvic issues. 

I will distinguish the differences between pelvic instability, pelvic pain and pelvic issues. Pelvic instability occurs in every pregnant woman, but if every pregnant woman also experiences pelvic pain is the real question. Not every pregnant woman has pelvic pain. Pelvic pain and pelvic issues can occur in non-pregnant people. Think of issues like obstipation, vaginismus, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and potential erection issues. All of these are different pelvic issues. There are a lot more, but we will go about those later. 

 

 

Standing with pelvic instability. 

Pelvic instability is, as the term says, instability in the pelvis that’s caused by pregnancy. Every pregnant woman develops pelvic instability. The real question is whether you also will develop pelvic pain or pelvic issues, because this isn’t the case for every woman. If you so happen to develop pelvic pain, then walking the stairs, lifting, standing, sitting, standing up, turning, sleeping and walking will become big challenges. So basically, you can experience pelvic pain with everything. But what is pelvic instability exactly?  

 

 

What is pelvic instability? 

Every pregnant woman gets pelvic instability. But not every pregnant woman gets pelvic pain. We can confidently say that pelvic instability occurs in women mainly. There are men that develop pelvic instability, but this often gets caused by an accident. 

 

 

The cause of pelvic instability. 

A lot of hormones get released in the first stage of pregnancy. These hormones immediately get to work. They make sure that your pelvis will be ready to have a baby pass through. The pelvis itself isn’t wide enough for a baby to go through. This is made possible when the hormones extend the pelvic ligaments and pelvic floor muscles. The pelvic ligaments become weaker and will stretch. The pelvic bones will have more space. Extending the pelvic ligaments doesn’t always go without pain. The pelvic ligaments will still try to keep everything together, but they’re stretching out. This overloads the pelvic ligaments and will cause pelvic pain in turn. The stretching pelvis and pelvic ligaments can cause a lot of annoying sensations.  

 

 

9 symptoms of pelvic instability: 

1. A crunching sensation. 
2. A tired sensation. 
3. A stabbing sensation.  
4. A nagging sensation.  
5. A burning sensation.  
6. Pain around the tailbone. 
7. Pain around the groin.  
8. Pain spreading to the upper legs. 
9. Pain around the lower back. 

For how long can you stand with pelvic instability or pelvic pain? 

It’s recommended to not keep working in the same position for too long if you experience pelvic instability accompanied with pelvic pain. Standing brings a lot of risks. A lot of people lean on one leg when they stand. This can damage the pelvic ligaments when there is pelvic instability involved. The pelvic ligaments already are overworked, and they will become even more overworked when you shift your weight on one leg. Sitting or standing for too long can incredibly increase your pelvic pain, which could make your pelvic pain unbearable to deal with. Sit or stand in the same position for a minimum of 30 minutes. It’s recommended to change your posture after these 30 minutes. After 30 minutes of sitting, it’s recommended to stand or walk for 15 minutes. The pelvic ligaments remain movable and flexible that way.

 

 

9 tips for standing with pelvic instability. 

Of course you can’t avoid standing. That’s why it’s nice to be able to stand properly when you have pelvic instability. It’s important that you have a few tools to work with if you want to be able to stand with pelvic instability. 

 

 

9 tips for standing with pelvic instability: 

1. Shifting your weight to one leg is forbidden! Stand firm on two legs. 
2. Don’t lean against a wall or another surface. 
3. Stand up straight, keep your back straight, with your chest forward. 
4. Place your feet on hip-width. As if there’s a puppy sleeping in between your feet. 
5. Point your toes into the same direction as your nose.  
6. Lightly bend the knees and don’t lock them.  
7. Don’t stand with a hollow or rounded back. Keep the pelvis in the middle. 
8. Turning and twisting is forbidden. Don’t twist with your back or hips without twisting your whole body with it.  
9. Changing is key. Change up your posture and don’t do too much for a prolonged period of time. 15 minutes for standing, 15 minutes for sitting and 15 minutes for walking is the ideal variety.  

If you have pelvic instability, you can also experience pelvic pain.  

 

 

Standing with pelvic pain. 

Standing can be a huge challenge if you’re experiencing pelvic pain. You can recognize pelvic pain by having nagging, stabbing, or crunching sensations. Your body is quite active when you’re standing, your muscles are trying their best and are quicker to yap. It’s important to know how to stand when you’re dealing with pelvic pain. Where does the pelvic pain come from, for example? It’s nice to know what you can do to lessen the pelvic pain once you experience it. Let us first take a look at what pelvic pain actually is.  

 

 

What is pelvic pain? 

Pelvic pain is briefly said: pain around the pelvis. This pelvic pain is caused by an event or situation. A situation like pelvic instability, for example. Pelvic instability causes your pelvis to be unstable because of the stretching pelvic ligaments and pelvic muscles. The pelvic bones will shift and the pelvic ligaments are trying with all their might to keep everything together, but that’s going hand-in-hand with a lot of tugging and nagging. Because of the additional stretching of the pelvic ligaments, tears in the ligaments can appear. 

 

You can also experience pelvic issues. Issues in and around the pelvis. These issues can develop pelvic pain. Pelvic issues are caused by a weakened pelvic floor or an overactive pelvic floor. This can develop issues like vaginismus, prostate pain, tailbone pain, pain in the lower back, pain in the groin, hip pain and prolapses.  

 

 

Pelvic pain can be the result of a variety of problems. 

 

 

6 causes of pelvic pain: 

1. A trauma or fall on the pelvis.  
2. Overactive pelvic floor muscles. The pelvic floor muscles are the muscles located at the bottom of the pelvis, they keep the pelvic organs neatly in place. The pelvic floor muscles also keep the pelvic exits closed. The anus, urethra and/or the vagina shouldn’t be open all the time. Those muscles can become overworked. This can cause an enormous tension and pain.  
3. An overloaded lower back.  
4. Pelvic pain after a prostate surgery, for example. 
5. Pelvic instability developed during or after pregnancy. 
6. Pain after childbirth. The recovery period can cause pain.  

8 tips for standing with pelvic pain. 

Standing is a taxing posture. Every muscle in your body is working hard. And it can be the case that you’re going to wiggle in your seat, switch up the position of your legs or shift your weight on one of them, or going to drag your feet when you talk or slouch when you stand. That’s logical, because you want to experience as little pain as possible and look for a solution, however, this unfortunately is not the solution! You will overwhelm your other muscles this way, you will develop more issues and even more pain eventually. It’s important that you can apply a few tips when you’re experiencing pelvic pain. This way you don’t overwhelm any other muscles, and you can still work on decreasing your pelvic pain!  

 

 

8 tips for standing with pelvic pain:  

1. Always stand up straight on both of your legs. You’re not a flamingo! Don’t shift your weight from left to right.  
2. Place your feet on hip-width. As if you’re keeping a ball between your feet.  
3. Point your toes forward.  
4. Don’t lock your knees, slightly bend them.  
5. Keep your pelvis in the middle, so don’t have a hollow or rounded back.  
6. Keep your upper back straight as well! Point your sternum forward, show off your chest!  
7. Don’t twist your hips or back. Take little steps to turn around on the spot itself instead of twisting your back.  
8. Change your posture. Are you standing for a long time? Then sit down once in a while, or walk a little bit. Change up whenever you feel the pain or exhaustion come up. Every 15 minutes is a nice waypoint. 

Standing with pelvic issues. 

Pelvic issues are found in more people than you might expect. Every issue in or around the pelvis can be put under the pelvic issues category. There are a lot of pelvic issues and these issues can influence your day. You’d need to think a lot with every movement you make. Standing with pelvic issues won’t really be as easy compared to someone who doesn’t have pelvic issues. But what are pelvic issues exactly?  

 

 

What are pelvic issues? 

Pelvic issues are all issues that you can experience in and around the pelvis, but we can narrow them down to 2 groups. The group of pelvic issues caused by weakened pelvic floor muscles, and the group of pelvic issues caused by overactive or overly tense pelvic floor muscles. It’s important to know which group you fall under, because then you know what you can do about it. You can do quite a lot with both groups, actually. You can start with strengthening pelvic floor exercises when you have a weakened pelvic floor, and you can start with relaxing pelvic floor exercises when you have an overactive pelvic floor. I’ve prepared both of them, you can click on the blue words to go there. Get to work because you too can recover from your pelvic issues! 

 

 

8 symptoms of pelvic issues: 

1. Urinary incontinence. 
2. Fecal incontinence.  
3. Prostate pain.   
4. Pelvic organ prolapses.  
5. Having pain during sex.   
6. Obstipation – having difficulties with pooping or peeing.   
7. Erection disorders.   
8. Vaginismus or vulvitis.   

This is but a small preview of every pelvic issue. If you’re looking for more in-depth information when it comes to pelvic issues feel free to take a look at all of the other information on this website. Apart from in-depth information, you will also find tips and exercises. Get to work, because you can recover too. Inform yourself properly and begin with exercising!  

 

10 tips for standing with pelvic issues 

There are a lot of different pelvic issues, so there are a lot of tips when it comes to standing. I will keep it general.  

There are a lot of things you can apply to make standing with pelvic issues a bit more comfortable. 

 

 

10 tips for standing with pelvic issues:  

1. Make sure that you’re going to the toilet on time, and that you pee and poop properly. Take a look at my toilet habit tips to get the hang of it.  
2. Apply the relaxing exercises if you have an overactive pelvic floor.  
3. Apply the strengthening exercises if you have a weakened pelvic floor.  
4. Stand firm on 2 legs. Never put your weight on 1 leg. Don’t shift your weight around and keep standing on both of your legs.  
5. Don’t lean against a wall or against other surfaces.  
6. Put your chest forward and stand up straight. Put your chin slightly forward as well.  
7. Place your feet on hip-width and with your toes pointed forward. Turn around in steps and don’t keep your legs in one place if you want to turn around, move them with you.  
8. Bend your knees lightly and don’t overstretch them. Don’t lock your knees.  
9. Don’t stand with a hollow or rounded back. Keep your pelvis in the middle.  
10.  Switch up your posture when you’re experiencing pain. Take a seat or take a walk. 

And mostly, inform yourself properly. Take a good look at the cause of your issues. What are your issues and what can you do to relieve them? This is crucial for your recovery. Take a look at my exercises to immediately grab the bull by its horns. Go for your recovery, because it’s possible!

 

 

And lastly, are you looking for more information? 

Hopefully this information was useful to you! If you’re still looking for some more information, feel free to take another look around on the website. It’s filled with in-depth information, tips a webshop and also exercises. I still have a lot of articles with lots of information about other symptoms and issues. Feel free to click on the blue words to take you straight to the right page.