In women, the pelvic floor muscles are put at risk of damage and dysfunction by a series of factors such as high-impact exercise, obesity, pregnancy and childbirth, chronic constipation and the ...

Female pelvic floor disorders affect the majority of women, for at least some time in their lives. In most instances such disorders result in gynecological and urological presentations, but, owing to ...

The pelvic floor is a complex and crucial system – but exactly how it works, and what role it plays, remains a mystery. Since becoming an adult, it’s been impossible to avoid hearing about the ...

Female sexual disorders are prevalent in developed countries, affecting approximately 25-60% of women. Sexual function is an important aspect of quality of life, sparingly investigated in women ...

One in three women will have a pelvic floor disorder in her lifetime, according to the International Urogynecolgical Association. One of the more common pelvic floor disorders in women, is pelvic ...

The pelvic region holds major organs under its layers of muscles. Some of the most important include the major digestive organs, the intestines. The small intestine is the longest part of the ...

Pelvic organ prolapse is a condition in which a woman’s pelvic organs (primarily the uterus, vagina, bladder, bowels, and rectum) move from their normal position and push down into the vagina, causing ...

“We don’t give it the time of day,” says pelvic floor physiotherapist Emma Brockwell. “If you look at any journal on the hip, groin, pelvis, the pelvic floor is missing. It’s wild how this muscle ...

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs when the normal support of the vagina is lost, resulting in the “sagging” or dropping of the female pelvic organs. This is very common: 50% of women will have some ...

A team of researchers has found that after the onset of puberty, women develop wider hips than men so that their pelvis can allow the birth of large-brained babies. The researchers analysed pelvic ...

What is Pelvic Organ Prolapse? Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is the dropping (herniation) of the pelvic organs due to loss of normal support of the muscles of the pelvic floor. Pelvic organ prolapse or ...