Pelvic floor disorders can disrupt every facet of life. Over the course of my career in physical therapy, I've listened to thousands of women share how symptoms such as urinary leakage or pelvic pain ...

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Many women experience problems due to a weakened or damaged pelvic floor. These ailments are most common in pregnant women, women who have recently given birth, and menopausal women. However, pelvic ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The first study to document the prevalence of pelvic-floor disorders in ...

(Reuters Health) - Although guidelines say most women under age 21 don't need pelvic exams or cervical cancer screenings, a U.S. study suggests many still get these invasive tests. Nationwide, an ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's lifetime odds of undergoing surgery for a disorder known as pelvic organ prolapse may be higher than experts have believed - closer to 1 in 5, rather than 1 in 10 ...

Did you know that around one in two women in the UK will experience symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction at some point in their lives? And for women who engage in high-intensity exercise, that figure ...

In her mid-50s, Sherrie Palm noticed she always needed to pee. While that was annoying, she didn’t feel too worried about it until she noticed a bulge near her vagina when she wiped. After three ...

Severe, ongoing pelvic pain in women is routinely treated as a medical mystery — hushed away, dismissed as stress, or attributed to "normal" menstrual cramps. Endometriosis has, in recent times, ...

In spite of the fact that nearly one-third of U.S. women have a pelvic floor disorder, they’re not widely spoken about. Pelvic prolapse, which affects 3% of women and is a risk of vaginal childbirth, ...