What is the Pelvic Floor?
Pelvic floor muscles in the base of your torso support the urinary and reproductive tracts and are responsible for bladder and bowel function and sexual pleasure. These core muscles also work with your hip and back muscles to support:
- Women: Bladder, uterus, rectum, and vagina
- Men: Bladder, bowel, rectum, and urethra
What is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction?
If your pelvic floor muscles are weak or not functioning correctly, you may experience symptoms such as:
- Constipation
- Difficulty urinating
- Bladder and bowel incontinence
- Painful intercourse
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Pelvic pain
- Urinary or fecal urgency
What is Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation?
Our specially-trained physical therapists evaluate your muscle strength, identify which muscles to target and develop a personalized therapy program to help you strengthen them.
We use non-invasive and non-pharmacologic interventions whenever possible. In fact, many of our patients can even discontinue pain medication entirely. Most therapy programs run for six to eight weeks and may include several techniques, such as:
- Biofeedback
- Breathing exercises
- Core and pelvic floor exercises
- Education on self-management at home
- Massage
- Postural and strength training