Are you paying attention to your pelvic floor health? The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and nerves that form a "supportive hammock" from the back, through the tailbone, lower abdominal area ...

Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) occurs when the muscles and nerves in the pelvis don’t work as they should. The pelvis is the area between your hips, and the pelvic floor is a group of muscles that ...

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 ...

Then, there are others who discovered their entire uterus bulging outside their body – a condition that can occur when the pelvic floor muscles are too weak to hold it in place. These are real-life ...

Kegel exercises are one of the most effective ways to target and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. Here's a step-by-step guide to performing kegel exercises. Incorporating these pelvic floor ...

A woman’s overall health and well-being highly depend on the complex network of muscles, ligaments and tissues that comprise the pelvic floor. Kegel exercises, named in honour of Dr Arnold Kegel, who ...

Kegel exercises, also known as pelvic floor exercises help to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. The pelvic floor muscles support your bladder, bowel and vagina. Certain conditions can make your ...

Content warning: This story contains references to suicide and physical and emotional trauma, which may be upsetting or triggering for some readers. The only thing that stopped Zoe* from taking ...

An inverse correlation was also found between muscle strength and urinary incontinence. Duration of marriage and length of MS disease were inversely associated with the strength of the pelvic floor ...

But not all trauma, Garges explains, has to be physical for the pelvic floor to experience distress. “Emotional trauma presents physically in the body, tightness in the muscles,” she says ...

It’s a muscle involved in almost every move you make. Flex your ankle, and your pelvic floor switches on. Raise your arm, and the pelvic floor stabilises you. Jump, and your pelvic floor activates to ...