Why the pelvic muscle is as unique as every woman…

The pelvic floor – a part of the female body, we don’t talk enough about. Especially when we talk about female health. This needs to change right now! Because also the choice of period products is influenced by how strong or rather weak your pelvic floor is. Moreover it is important to educate on the fact that “too strong” pelvic floor muscles are not always beneficial and can actually cause issues during your monthly bleed.

The pelvic floor area is a hammock of muscles that attach the pubic bone, tail bone and sitz bones, is to the human body. These layers of muscles literally hold your bladder, uterus, vagina, small bowel, and rectum in place.

A lot of women held on to the believe for years, that a “tight” pelvic floor is something they should achieve and work on. And in some cases this is true. Especially after giving birth the pelvic floor can be quite weak and soft and therefore the focus usually lies on strengthening this muscle group. But there is a big difference between a tight and a strong pelvic floor. A tight pelvic floor is inflexible and constantly engaged. And therefore, holds tightness and pressure all day long. This can lead to pain in the womb area. Especially during the period. And, this can lead to suffering in the lower back even. Austrian influencer and activist Daria already opened up about her suffering regarding this topic in an instagram post.

When training the pelvic floor, it therefore is important to integrate balance in the work-out routine. Especially sports like pilates and yoga focus on this group of muscles. This is beneficial until a certain degree. But as soon as one notices tightness in the area of the pelvis it is important to relax into the practice: let the bandhas be for a few months and rather integrate more relaxing and nourishing practices like yin yoga.

As always: Balance is the key, because it’s not normal and not okay to have pain during your period! It usually is a sign of imbalances in the body.

Keep your pelvic floor in mind – also when buying period products!

A lot of alternative methods for menstrual hygiene products are gaining more interest over the past years. This comes with positives changes around the topic of menstruation. More and more women openly talk about and discuss this once very private topic. On this wave of openly talking about periods, sustainability and feminism the menstrual cup became one of the most hyped products for female health. Menstrual cups are one of the favorite alternatives to tampons and pads. This is mostly because cups are sustainable for the environment and the own purse and also very healthy for the body.

But often the process of changing from disposable tampons and pads to this sustainable option is failing, when it comes to the wrong choice of product. Because most often the pelvic floor was not kept in mind in that process!

Divine is the first company, that produces menstrual cups, that keeps the individual pelvic floor areas of women in mind. Customers can choose between two levels of hardness of the menstrual cups, which are made of 100% medicinal silicon. The DivineCup HARD menstrual cup is perfect for women with a trained pelvic floor. Whereas the soft version of the cup might be easily squeezed by the trained muscle group and not open properly, which is important for full support during the bleed, the hard version will guarantee the right fit and support.

“Our DivineCup HARD is amazing for women, who engage in a lot of sports”, says Lisa Kiesewetter*, Brand & Menstruation Expert at divine, “We offer women, who practice a lot of yoga or pilates and therefore regularly train their pelvic floor muscles, a perfect sustainable solution. Although the cup is quite strong, it’s not missing any of the comfort with super soft silicon, which is also hyped and loved by our customers, who wear the DivineCup SOFT.”

With DivineCup Hard the range of the Divine Vertriebs GmbH now has even more diversity to offer: three sizes, diverse colors and two different levels of hardness. Therefore every woman, in every age and form can find her ideal menstruation cup as a sustainable alternative regarding disposable products for her monthly bleed.

For all employees of the editorial stuff we offer the option to order a sample box for a direct experience of our divine menstrual cups. Feel free to reach out via email.

*Lisa Kiesewetter is responsible for the topics of brand identity, (Female) Health and also works as a yoga teacher and Well-Being Coach.