You may sometimes think of women who have given birth as the only ones who need help to control their pelvic floor muscles. Yet both men and women may deal with pelvic floor issues. “Pelvic floor ...

How many of you are willing to run and jump wearing white leggings? Giggles followed when I asked this question of a group of ladies, but why? Because we’re not used to discussing pelvic floor health ...

Kegel exercises are special exercises that tone the pelvic floor muscles. These muscles support the pelvic organs firmly in place while allowing urine, feces and other substances to be excreted at ...

So you haven't had a child? Honey, regardless – you need to be doing your pelvic floor exercises. Those teeny tiny muscles take a hell of a beating throughout life, and keeping them strong can benefit ...

Pelvic floor exercises can help either strengthen or relax your pelvic muscles. Your pelvic floor muscles help support your intestines, bladder, vagina, uterus, cervix, rectum, and prostate. Doing ...

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Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles in the pelvic region that support the uterus, the bladder, the rectum and the vagina. If your pelvic floor muscles are weak or not functioning the way they ...

When I was newly pregnant, I was first introduced to pelvic-floor exercises by my occupational therapist, Meredith Waymire.

Plenty of women deal with problems like leaking pee, pelvic pain and constipation and think it’s all just par for the course of getting older and/or of giving birth. But, often these problems are ...

Lately, millions have been Googling for information about pelvic floor dysfunction. And it's no wonder. After menopause, ...

You’re never too young to start doing kegel exercises. Kegels are the contracting and relaxing of the pelvic floor muscles to keep the pelvic floor in tip-top shape. Imagine your pelvic floor muscles ...

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 ...