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Millions of Americans experience chronic pelvic pain, which can be caused by tight or weak pelvic floor muscles. Therapy helps alleviate pain by relaxing or strengthening these muscles. A pelvic floor physical therapist can help provide relief for pelvic pain.
Pelvic floor therapy helps strengthen or relax the muscles that control urination, reducing or eliminating symptoms of urinary incontinence, post-micturition dribble, frequent urination, and other urinary issues.
After childbirth, many women experience pelvic floor weakness. Therapy can help strengthen and restore muscle function and support postpartum recovery.
Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when pelvic muscles weaken, causing organs to drop. Pelvic floor physical therapy helps strengthen these muscles and reduce symptoms.
Pelvic floor dysfunction can lead to chronic constipation. Therapy addresses muscle coordination to improve bowel movements.
Pelvic therapy can improve sexual health by addressing issues like painful intercourse, erectile dysfunction, or pelvic muscle tension.
Pelvic floor therapy can help relieve pregnancy-related pelvic pain by supporting the muscles and ligaments that stabilize the pelvis, reducing discomfort during pregnancy.
Pudendal neuralgia is a painful condition caused by nerve irritation in the pelvic area. Pelvic floor therapy can help alleviate nerve pressure and reduce discomfort.
Pelvic floor therapy can provide relief for those suffering from interstitial cystitis, also known as painful bladder syndrome. By addressing pelvic floor muscle dysfunction—whether due to tight or weak muscles—therapy can help alleviate bladder pain, pressure, and urinary urgency. Urologists often diagnose Interstitial Cystitis due to a lack of knowledge and training about the pelvic floor.
Pelvic floor therapy isn't just for women. Everyone has a pelvic floor, and men often experience many of the same conditions as women. Pelvic floor physical therapy can help with prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS), penile pain, painful sex or ejaculation, erectile dysfunction and other pelvic floor issues in men.