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| this exercise will help to increase the strength of the levator ani |
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| this muscle originates on the ischial spine and inserts onto the lower sacrum and upper coccyx |
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| this muscle is actually made up of the pubococcygeus and iliococcygeus |
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| Origin: pubis and ischial spine |
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| the levator ani and the ischiococcygeus muscles make up the: |
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| this muscles moves the coccyx anteriorly after childbirth |
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| urinary stress incontinence |
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| involuntary leakage of urine during a periord of increased inter-abdominal pressure |
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| these pierce through the pelvic diaphragm (2 male, 3 female) |
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| the largest and most important muscle of the pelvic floor |
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| this separates the pelvic cavity from the perineum |
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