These everyday habits could be undermining your pelvic floor muscles, increasing your risk for uncomfortable issues like ...

With LAS, tension or spasms occur in the levator ani muscle—a broad, funnel-shaped muscle that supports the pelvic floor and ...

In the normal individual, the levator ani muscles keep the pelvic floor closed, allowing the pelvic and abdominal viscera to rest on the levator ani, significantly reducing tension on the ...

The pelvic floor also allows for pregnancy and parturition. The urethra, vagina and rectum are kept closed by the constant resting tone of the levator ani muscle fibers that loop around these ...

Pelvic floor muscles are like the unsung heroes of your body. You don’t really think about them until they start acting up, ...

One increasingly recognized approach to addressing IBS involves pelvic floor therapy. This form of physical therapy targets ...

Pelvic floor exercises can help either strengthen or relax your pelvic muscles. Your pelvic floor muscles help support your intestines, bladder, vagina, uterus, cervix, rectum, and prostate.

Research shows pelvic floor training improves sexual arousal, orgasm intensity and satisfaction through 7 specific exercises ...

Pelvic floor dysfunction, an inability to coordinate pelvic floor muscles, is more prevalent than most of us realize. Research shows that approximately 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience ...

Results 65 studies (n=21 334 participants) from 24 countries were included. ‘Moderate’ certainty of evidence revealed that pelvic floor muscle training reduced the odds of urinary incontinence by 37% ...