A treatment for problems related to your pelvic floor, this therapy includes exercises and techniques to help ease your pain, discomfort, and disruptions to your quality of life. It’s made up of ...

What Is Your Pelvic Floor? The pelvic floor is a set of muscles that support many of your organs. In people with uteruses, it supports the uterus, bladder, and colon. In people with penises, it ...

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 ...

Do you ever leak during a run? Or perhaps when you cough, sneeze, laugh or jump? If so, it's likely due to weak pelvic floor muscles – the muscles responsible for supporting the bladder, womb and ...

Pelvic floor exercises may help constipation. Pelvic floor exercises help strengthen the pelvic floor, which may help support bowel movements. Issues with the pelvic floor muscles and nerves may cause ...

If you leak pee, find sex painful, are pregnant, or have given birth, your pelvic floor could probably use some help. The pelvic floor consists of hammock-like muscles that sit at the base of your ...

You use your pelvic floor all day, every day. But you probably don’t spend much time thinking about it, or even know what it is, until something’s not working right, says Sara Reardon, a pelvic floor ...

When I was newly pregnant, I was first introduced to pelvic-floor exercises by my occupational therapist, Meredith Waymire. Because I have a history of low-back pain and sciatica, I hired a PT to help ...

Exercises designed to strengthen your pelvic floor may help treat some cases of chronic constipation. Chronic constipation is a common digestive issue that can significantly affect your quality of ...