Women’s Health Physical Therapy
After a thorough evaluation, your doctor feels you are a good candidate for pelvic floor physical therapy. If you are like most women, you are probably wondering what this means.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Pelvic floor physical therapy is a specialized area of PT that addresses pelvic floor dysfunction. Two main types of pelvic floor dysfunction exist: the first involves weakness of the pelvic floor muscles and the second involves pelvic floor muscle spasms.
What is the pelvic floor?
The pelvic floor is a group of skeletal muscles that helps form the core of your body. These muscles are located at the bottom of the abdomen and run from the pubic bone to the tailbone wrapping around the vaginal and rectal openings. The pelvic floor has 4 primary functions that are extremely important in life. These functions are:
1. Supportive.
These muscles act to support all the pelvic organs (bladder, urethra, uterus, vagina, and rectum).
2. Stabilization.
If your pelvic floor muscles are weak, you can develop compensatory patterns of movement and substitute other muscle groups to overwork, eventually leading to faulty movement and pain.
3. Sphincteric.
These muscles help prevent the involuntary loss of gas, urine, or bowel movements.
4. Sexual functioning.
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