Abdominal muscles/Pelvic tilt

Hi all, i have a question in regards to abdominal muscles and anterior pelvic tilt.

Now a couple of years back i saw a physio to help with my lower back pain but also to help with my distended stomach i have that i hate.

Ever since doing transverse abdominis exercises with the physio, my lower back pain has been gone for years, never had it ever again.

Although my distended stomach problem i have been trying to work on since then, i still havent fixed it.

I was originally overweight and i am now fairly skinny.

My physio did tell me i had a little bit of anterior pelvic tilt, and that is what can make your stomach muscles distend outwards. However i have seen pictures of people with anterior pelvic tilt, and also seen my friends who have it, and although their stomach muscles are curved out more than usual, they are still relatively flat (like as if a muscle is still holding them in to a degree). Mine however actually bulge a fair bit like as if my muscles have no strength whatsoever, and it feels uncomfortable.

My obliques muscles are the ones that seem like they are being stretched out with my abs and feel 'hollow'.

My question is, do oblique muscles actually have a role in holding the abdominal contents in, or are they purely for flexing the trunk? Is it possible for me to strengthen my abdominal muscles(obliques?) to help flatten my stomach, without the need to actually correct my anterior pelvic tilt? (remember my transverse abdominis is actually very strong according to the physio)

I know its a strange question, any help would be appreciated.

hi koolig, congratulations on abolishing your back pain and for also losing weight. you mention being overweight but not by how much. it is possible that the fascia as well as the abdominal muscles have been stretched due to this and now may not actually reduce right down (muscles may but not fascia) all i can suggest is keep up the exerices for your core and TA, add in some oblique work and see what happens. depending on the degree of tilt, correcting it can also help. you may have strong TA with testing in certain activities but you need to also activate it in more functional positions such as sitting and standing. hope this helps, there may be others with ideas.