04/23/2026
You can do all the pelvic floor work in the world…
but if your foot isn’t stable when you walk, your symptoms may keep showing up.
Here’s what we found today 👇
When the ankle lacks stability (often from an old injury), the body looks for it somewhere else.
➡️ The foot will often collapse into excessive pronation
➡️ The leg follows with increased internal rotation
➡️ Or some people compensate with external rotation (turning the foot out) to avoid instability
Either way… the mechanics above the ankle change.
And here’s where it matters 👇
Your pelvic floor doesn’t work in isolation.
It’s directly connected to your hips—especially muscles like the obturator internus.
That muscle lines the inside of your pelvis and helps support the pelvic floor.
So when your foot collapses or your leg rotates abnormally with every step:
• The hip has to work harder to control rotation
• The obturator internus can become overactive or irritated
• The pelvic floor loses its normal rhythm of lengthen → contract
Now imagine that…
every single step you take, all day long.
That repetitive force can:
• Increase pelvic floor tension
• Contribute to pain
• Keep symptoms lingering—even when you’re doing “all the right things”
✨ What changed for her:
We didn’t add more pelvic floor exercises.
We looked at how she walks.
By improving:
• Foot stability
• Alignment through the leg
• Control of rotation
➡️ She walked… without pain.