What is Pelvic Floor Rehabiliation?

Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation involves assessing and treating a group of muscles that create a bowl in the bottom of our pelvis that support the bladder, uterus, prostate, and rectum. These pelvic floor muscles must be strong to keep us dry and relax fully for urination, defecation, and in women, sexual intercourse. Treatment is customized to each patient and often involves exercises, lifestyle modifications, manual therapy, bladder retraining, education, or biofeedback to decrease or abolish your symptoms and achieve your pelvic health goals. 

 

There is so much more to pelvic physiotherapy than kegels – did you know 50 -70% of women are doing “kegel exercise” incorrectly?

Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation may incorporate strengthening, bladder retraining, urge suppression techniques, proper breathing, posture, core strengthening and biofeedback.

Do you pee when you sneeze? Avoid jumping jacks? See a pelvic physiotherapist! A pelvic floor therapist can help with:

• Reduce leakage with lifting, exercise, or cough/sneeze
• Reduce urinary urges that have you running to the bathroom all day
• Reduce the need for medications, incontinence pads or even surgery
• Provide you with a postnatal assessment of your pelvic floor (6 weeks to 6 months after delivery ideal)
• Provide you with a prenatal assessment of your pelvic floor (12 weeks to 40 weeks pregnant)
• Providing a safe return to sport postnatal program

Who is Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation for?

It is helpful to those who:

Leak urine when they cough, laugh, sneeze or exercise

Leak urine due to inability to hold during strong urges

Urinate more than 8 times a day

Have difficulty initiating urination

Feel that they have not fully emptied their bladder after urination

Have a feeling of pressure or heaviness in their pelvic region

Strain to have a bowel movement

Experience pain during or after a bowel movement

Have pain with sexual intercourse or difficulty with penetration

Have pelvic pain (vaginal, rectal, or perineal)

Have pelvic girdle, buttock, low back, or coccyx pain

Had an Episiotomy, Forceps delivery, or C section

Pregnant women who would like to prevent tearing during labor

Or those diagnosed with:

Stress or Urge Incontinence

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Over Active Bladder

Pregnancy-related pain (pre and post-partum)

Interstitial Cystitis

Dyspareunia

Vaginismus

Vulvodynia/ Vestibulodynia

Puedendal Neuralgia or Etrepments