Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Women's Health

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Women’s Health

by lakecountrypt, January 20, 2015

Pelvic what? Thats right ladies, I’m talking about our Pelvic floor. What is our pelvic floor? Our pelvic floor is consisted of muscle fibers, that span underneath the pelvis. The two muscle fibers are called the levantor ani and the coccygeus muscle. The purpose of the pelvic floor is administering support for the pelvic area; such as the bladder, uterus, intestines, and rectum.

Studies have shown that about one quarter of women are diagnosed with pelvic floor disorder. A pelvic floor disorder is when the muscles of the pelvic floor are weak, compacted, or there is damage to the lower back or joints. When this happens this can be persistently painful, including while having intercourse, pain in the glutes, hips, lower abdomen and lower back, and even pain while sitting. Pelvic floor disorder is usually caused by pregnancy or childbirth, menopause, or obesity.

There are three major different types of pelvic floor disorders, but not limited too: Urinary Incontinence, bowel incontinence, and sexual complications. Urinary Incontinence is when, there is any leakage of urine/ lack of bladder control. Bowel incontinence is when you can’t control your bowel movements, and sexual complications entail pain while having intercourse, and vestibular pain.

The best way to treat Pelvic floor dysfunction is through physical therapy. There are many rehabilitation processes that can be done. We treat patients by manual therapies, postural and therapeutic exercises and electrical stimulation to help relieve the pain that you are feeling. We also have many different techniques to enhance our pelvic floor relaxation training, to help strengthen the muscles. Lastly, another treatment we offer is biofeedback. Biofeedback helps measure the electrical activity of the muscle and gives us data to help determine the guidance you need from your physical therapist.

Lake Country Physical Therapy & Sportscare PC offers the very best physical therapy in Canandaigua. We treat all your wants and needs with our trusted and experienced Physical Therapists and staff. To begin to feel pain and stress free, start your Physical Therapy journey today and schedule your evaluation by calling (585) 396-1400.