Tight abs anyone?

Finally seeing a PT who can tell me why pressing on my stomach twinges down my bladder to anus. Apparently my lower abs are tight and referring pain to my vulva. Really out of left field for me, even after being neck deep in vulvodynia-world for the last 2 years. Does this sound like anyone else?

I do have a hip impingement that I’ve managed with trigger avoidance and strengthening my glutes… and core. Feels like in a hypermobile body if you tug on one thing you pull something else down. I’ll be stretching my abs for the next week if anyone needs me.

My PT also keeps saying that many fo my pelvic muscles are strong, coordinated, and appropriately lengthened, but still tight. I don’t swim in the PFPT waters often but this doesn’t make any sense to me, shouldn’t tension be accompanied by loss of length and/or movement of the muscle?

Not sure how much I can hope for symptom improvement with these small tweaks since hypermobility isn’t an individual injury, but a dynamic system of tension and instability that also heals so slowly. Any one else go through something similar?

Posted Mar 5, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC

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