Pelvic Alignment Protocols

What are the OMP Pelvic Alignment Protocols?

OMP Pelvic Alignment Protocols are passive exercises for the pregnant mother and her birth partner to do ideally on a daily basis. As these are myofascia releases, you are encouraged to start with 3-5 breaths for each exercise and work your way to 3-5 minutes per exercise in order to achieve a myofascia release that enables your soft tissues to be aligned and maintain ‘dynamic equilibrium’ within your pregnant body.  Your birth partner will also get a lot of satisfaction out of knowing how much you enjoy and are relaxed by the exercises.

Here are the OMP Pelvic Alignment Protocols and WHY they are important for you to learn and apply:

• 1.1 Pelvic Side Lying Release: Works with various soft tissues however most effectively used for aligning your pelvic floor. Here are more benefits of Pelvic Side Lying Release.

• 1.2 PSLR with diaphragm release | DR - Posterior Sacroiliac Release | PSR - Ischial Tuberousities Release | ITR:  DR creates space within the diaphragm; PSR softens the ligaments covering the sacroiliac joints; ITR creates suppleness in the sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligaments. The sacrospinous ligament attaches from the ischial spines to the sitzbones. The sacrotuberous ligaments attaches from the sitzbones to the sacrum.

• 1.3 Side Lying Illio Psoas Hip Flexers Release | SLIP-HFR: Nicknamed as 'slippers', this exercise works with the front of your body where it encourages suppleness and alignment within your psoas muscles, round ligament and your hip-flexors.

• 1.4 Forward leaning Inversion | FLI: The uterosacral ligament acts like a rudder to the boat where it controls the direction of where the boat is going. FLI enables the ligament to untwist and be aligned. 

• 1.5 Pelvic Floor Relaxer |PFR: PFR is a sacral release which is also helpful to relax the pelvic floor.

• 1.6 Abdominal Sifting | AS:  This works with the broad ligament and encourages the hot air balloon to get into 'dynamic equilibrium".

Please note:

1. For exercises 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3, please be sure to do this exercise on both sides of her body.

2. Contraindications: Please follow the "no pain" rule where if she is experiencing any pain, please stop and consult with a health care professional or an alternative healthcare therapist.

3. If she has a pendulous belly or are expecting twins or more, using a rebozo/scarf or belly belt to support her belly can be helpful for her.