Chances are you’ve heard about the benefits of strengthening your pelvic floor with kegel exercises. The pelvic floor muscles help stabilize the core and support the bladder, bowel and uterus. When ...
Pelvic health physiotherapist Clare Bourne offers her advice and tips for those wanting to learn more about pelvic floor ...
From not treating your rectum as a storage facility to lifting weights, experts offer advice on how to maintain a healthy pelvic floor for longer ...
We all know stretching comes with a host of benefits, including pain relief, better posture and reduced risk of injury. Now ...
Men can develop a hypertonic pelvic floor — over-activation of muscles for peeing and sex. Sometimes it's a response to too much stress or anxiety but there are other causes too. Strength training, ...
Kegel exercises are simple, repetitive clenching of the pelvic floor muscles, which are contracted over and over again in an attempt to gain more strength. If you think of them as strength training ...
It rarely comes up while sitting in the beauty salon, waiting for color to set, or swapping stories while sitting under the ...
Meet Caroline Elmer-Lyon, M.D., a urogynecologist who specializes in helping women with pelvic floor disorders like urinary incontinence, prolapse, and pelvic pain. She sees patients at St. Elizabeth ...