Pelvic floor self-check

About pelvic floor symptoms

The pelvic floor is a group of muscles that supports the bladder, bowel and, in women, the uterus. Pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, chronic coughing, constipation and heavy lifting can all strain it. Men get pelvic floor problems too, especially after prostate surgery.

For stress urinary incontinence in women, NICE recommends at least three months of supervised pelvic floor muscle training as the first treatment. Supervision matters, because many people contract the wrong muscles when they try it from a leaflet.

Pro Physio's pelvic health team works at the Malleshwaram clinic and on home visits. See women's health physiotherapy.

Sources

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women: management (NG123). 2019.
• Dumoulin C, Cacciari LP, Hay-Smith EJC. Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;10:CD005654.
• Hagen S, Stark D. Conservative prevention and management of pelvic organ prolapse in women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;12:CD003882.

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