This article was reviewed by Martin Miner, MD. Your pelvic floor is kinda like plumbing: you never really think about it unless there’s something wrong. Although we don’t pay much attention to our ...

You could be suffering from Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. When you have pelvic floor dysfunction, your pelvic muscles can’t relax or work together the way they should. The pelvic floor muscles attach to ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new guidelines on the prevention and non-surgical management of pelvic floor dysfunction. The guideline is aimed at women – ...

New consensus guidelines from a multispecialty working group of the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium (PFDC) clear up inconsistencies in the use of magnetic resonance defecography (MRD), and provide ...

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Dear Doctors: The yoga teacher at our local Y is always talking about the pelvic floor and how keeping it strong is important for staying healthy. Is that the same as your core? What would be the ...

STRONG AND STABLE: Zoe Martin, right, and colleague Courtney Jones demonstrate a core-strengthening technique that also helps improve pelvic floor function. Photo courtesy of Martin As a young woman, ...

GLP-1 usage is on the rise, and researchers are looking for other health benefits associated with the drug, including its effects on bladder health. But as GLP-1s rise in popularity, so do nicknames ...

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 ...

When pelvic floor muscles do not work as they should you have a need to pee every now and then (Shutterstock) When Joy realised that her urine would involuntarily leak from time to time, she felt self ...