Male and female CORE muscles with the pelvic floor in the bottom
Category Archives: Pelvic Floor
Menstrual cycle is key to understand your health
The menstrual cycle is a vital sign that is going to provide valuable information about women’s health: Menstrual pain, clots or long bleedings are red flags to call your attention! Learning how to keep track of your cycle will help you and your medical provider to understand your needs.
Why is it important to take care of the pelvic floor muscles?
Taking care of your pelvic floor musculature you will prevent and treat several conditions. Wanna know why? The pelvic floor muscles are the bottom part of our CORE musculature, they become activated with every movement that we do in order to keep us stable… or this is how it should be! By learning how toContinue reading “Why is it important to take care of the pelvic floor muscles?”
Dyspareunia: when sex is painful.
Dyspareunia is the medical term used to describe painful sex. Love should never be painful, not even if it’s your first time, not even if you just had a baby, not even if you are experiencing menopause. If you struggle during intimacy or you are unable to have penetration during intercourse, let me tell youContinue reading “Dyspareunia: when sex is painful.”
5 tips to solve vaginismus
If you are looking for tips to solve vaginismus you found the perfect post! Let me explain more about this condition and let’s start working on your pelvic floor muscles. Vaginismus is a sexual dysfunction that involves the involuntary contraction of the walls of the vagina, making penetration impossible. If you think you may sufferContinue reading “5 tips to solve vaginismus “
After a prostatectomy … should I visit a physiotherapist?
… my advice is to check your pelvic floor before and after the prostate surgery! Physiotherapy is the gold standard to prevent pelvic floor problems after a prostatectomy. Even if prostate cancer is the 4th most common in the world, there’s a lack of knowledge about how to act after a prostatectomy or how toContinue reading “After a prostatectomy … should I visit a physiotherapist?”
Constipation and pelvic problems
Constipation might be caused by the pelvic floor, otherwise, pelvic floor dysfunctions might be triggered due to constipation… Do you feel curious about why it’s important to prevent constipation?
When should I visit a pelvic floor physiotherapist?
Pelvic floor physiotherapy is recommended for women, men, and kids. However, mainly women during pregnancy and after birth know about it. There are many other situations in which its important to be assessed by a specialist in the pelvic floor.