Women, you should be relaxing your pelvic floor, not just strengthening it

We often talk as women about our pelvic floor muscles in relation to whether or not they are weak (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)There is a throbbing, clenching feeling in the space two or three centimetres under my belly button, deep under layers of skin and fat, where my uterus sits. The pain comes quickly in waves, so strong that I lose my train of thought or am unable to concentrate on my surroundings. Everything inside me feels tight and tense, but however hard I try I can’t