World record holder Colleen Quigley might not be as well-known as other Olympians, but she certainly changed that fact with one viral video.
The 31-year-old took to her Instagram this week to demonstrate her tongue stretches as a way to release the pelvic floor.
Read that again, but slowly.
Quigley, who represented the US at the 2016 Rio Olympics, can be seen taking off her white top to expose her black sports bra underneath to get ready for hr routine.
Colleen Quigley then takes her white shirt so she can grab her tongue and talk her way through the video to explain what she is doing.
She then pulls her tongue straight out before moving it to the left, to the right, up and down, holding each pulled-out pose for a few seconds before moving on to the next exercise to achieve her goal.
“Sometimes you drool on yourself — just try to relax into it,” she says in the clip.
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Colleen Quigley credited chiropractor specialist Dr. Noah Moos with introducing her to the tongue-out-of-cheek trick.
Pulling your tongue out relieves pelvic pain, as tongues and jaws are linked to the pelvis through the body’s myofascial system of connective tissues.
Quigley admitted that people have given her strange looks in the past while she’s been doing the technique.
Olympian Colleen Quigley Represented The Country Once And Missed Out Another Due To Injury
Colleen Quigley, who is the current World Record holder in the 4×1500 meters relay, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, where she finished in 8th place, per Wikipedia.
The 2019 US National Indoor Champion in the one-mile event and the 2015 NCAA Champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase missed out on the 2020 Olympics due to an unfortunate injury.
She did not qualify for the 2024 Olympics.
In the latest news, she announced in 2023 that she would start competing in triathlon events but still plans to race track and field through 2024.
