This article was reviewed by Martin Miner, MD. Your pelvic floor is kinda like plumbing: you never really think about it unless there’s something wrong. Although we don’t pay much attention to our ...

I FIRST HEARD about pelvic-floor difficulties at CrossFit. Women talked openly on the group Facebook page about trying not to wet themselves during double unders — CrossFit-speak for two spins of the ...

The woman, a lawyer in her 30s, was desperate when she went to New York City-based physical therapist Isa Herrera. The patient, Nancy (U.S. News is not identifying the woman by her real or full name ...

Mischa Bongers is the Founder and Principal Physiotherapist at Pelvic Fix Physiotherapy. She is affiliated with CQUniversity as a Sessional Lecturer, Curtin University as a Physiotherapy Clinical ...

You could be suffering from Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. When you have pelvic floor dysfunction, your pelvic muscles can’t relax or work together the way they should. The pelvic floor muscles attach to ...

It's mostly women who are advised to train their pelvic floor muscles, especially after giving birth. But these exercises can also be important for men - for example after prostate surgery. Experts ...

If you have problems related to urination, bowel movements or sexual intercourse, you may have a condition called pelvic floor dysfunction. While talking about pelvic floor dysfunction may be ...

Growing up, my mother and grandmother constantly told me that having kids changes your body in many ways. In addition to sagging breasts, baby weight and stretch marks, peeing your pants would become ...

The pelvic floor is an area of the body that is not necessarily on the radar screen for most people, until they develop urinary or fecal incontinence, pelvic pressure, pain during sex or ...

STRONG AND STABLE: Zoe Martin, right, and colleague Courtney Jones demonstrate a core-strengthening technique that also helps improve pelvic floor function. Photo courtesy of Martin As a young woman, ...