If your period was a song, what genre would it be? Heavy metal, maybe? What about a power ballad?
In an attempt to increase awareness of the pelvic floor and its many functions, women’s health app Elvie has created a pelvic floor playlist that attempts to emulate the sound of the pelvic floor during orgasm, pregnancy and childbirth, and menstruation.
It comes as research by Elvie found that nearly a third of women in the UK have little to no knowledge about their pelvic floor, and almost half say they wouldn’t do anything about it if they experienced issues with their pelvic floor.
The playlist was created in conjunction with singer songwriter Jazz Morley and features three tracks, each a representation of the pelvic floor in different contexts.
The orgasm track begins dreamy and relaxed, according to the song’s description.
This is to ‘reflect the relaxed state of the pelvic floor, as the blood flows to sexual organs.’
As the muscles of the vagina tighten, there’s a crescendo of exciting synths.
‘The music matches the rate and amplitude of the contractions of the pelvic floor by settling into rhythmic swells and surges,’ reads the description.
For pregnancy and childbirth, the weakening of the pelvic floor is heard through a gradually lowering pitch.
‘As the baby is pushed down through the pelvis,’ the description continues, ‘the pelvic floor muscles lengthen and stretch, and this is where the low notes are temporarily lifted and soaring strings are heard.
‘You then hear a very low, almost tone-less dragging sound representing a pelvic floor with less elasticity after giving birth.’
Finally, the menstruation track runs through the entirety of the menstrual cycle, from a ‘rhythmic low throb’ reflecting the lowered pelvic floor in days seven to 14, to a simple droplet at the start of ovulation.
‘During the luteal phase at around 15 – 26 days, the pelvic floor can strengthen so the music becomes stronger and more direct,’ Jazzy wrote in this song’s description.
‘This is when women may begin to experience pelvic floor muscle spasms, back pain and abdominal cramping.
‘During menstruation oestrogen levels fall and pelvic floor muscles can feel weaker as well as less supportive, stretched, lengthened.’
Tania Boler, founder of Elvie, said: ‘Despite being critical for women, pelvic floor health is still often overlooked and under-invested – so perhaps it’s not surprising that so many women don’t know much about this muscle.
‘At Elvie, we built our pelvic floor trainer to help women visualise their pelvic floor muscles and train them correctly.
‘It’s such a critical part of the body that so many women know nothing about, and this playlist is an introspective look at what’s happening inside in the hope that we educate women on the role their pelvic floor plays in their health.’
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