Strengthening your pelvic floor requires more than just targeted exercises — it also involves avoiding movements that can ...

Ideally performed under the instruction of a pelvic floor physical therapist, Kegel exercises remain a first-line treatment for mild prolapse, urinary stress incontinence, and urge incontinence—in ...

Persistent symptoms such as heavy bleeding, bloating, or pelvic pain should not be ignored or normalized. Changes in symptom ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and past president of the Florida Urological Society. The heart keeps our blood flowing, the gut processes ...

Many women assume pelvic floor health issues are simply their fate—part of having vaginal deliveries, getting older, gaining weight or entering menopause. Perhaps they have watched their mothers and ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic; Icon Sportswire/Getty, Leila Coker/Getty “We don’t give it the time of day,” says pelvic floor physiotherapist Emma Brockwell. “If you look at any journal ...

Did you know that around one in two women in the UK will experience symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction at some point in their lives? And for women who engage in high-intensity exercise, that figure ...

Pelvic floor health is recognised as one of the 10 domains of female athlete health that should be included in illness and injury surveillance.1 However, pelvic floor health and dysfunction are not ...