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Follow the links to find information about the effects of weakened pelvic floor muscles and ways of strengthening them.
Reviewed January 2009
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Pelvic floor muscle exercises - myDr.com.au
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myDr
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Find out about the causes and symptoms of a weak pelvic floor, and how performing pelvic floor muscle exercises can help.
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Nov 2008
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Bladder and bowel health
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The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
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Doing regular pelvic floor exercises every day can reduce the risk of incontinence by strengthening your pelvic floor muscles to help support your bladder and bowel.
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Aug 2008
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Pelvic floor
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Better Health Channel
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The pelvic floor muscles support the bladder, uterus and bowel. Pregnancy, childbirth, obesity and the straining of chronic constipation can weaken the pelvic floor and cause urinary incontinence. Pelvic floor exercises can help.
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Jun 2008
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Pelvic floor exercises
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Queensland Health
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These exercises are designed to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles through actively tightening and lifting them at intervals. The exercises can be performed sitting, standing or lying down. A woman can do pelvic floor exercises while waiting in a queue or sitting at the office desk, without anyone noticing.
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Apr 2008
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Rectocele
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Better Health Channel
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A rectocele is the protrusion of the rectum into the vagina. Risk factors include difficult childbirth and the use of forceps during delivery, but women who have never had children can also develop rectocele. Treatment options include management of constipation, exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor, and a vaginal pessary. Surgery is needed in severe cases.
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Mar 2008
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Prolapse of the uterus
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Better Health Channel
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A uterine prolapse occurs when weakened or damaged muscles and ligaments allow the uterus to slip into the vagina. Other names for uterine prolapse include pudendal hernia and pelvic floor hernia. Causes include childbirth, obesity and hormonal changes after menopause. Treatment options include pelvic floor exercises and surgery.
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Mar 2008
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Postnatal exercise - sample workout
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Better Health Channel
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Exercise after pregnancy and birth helps you return to your pre-pregnancy shape and gives you increased energy to cope with the demands of motherhood. Exercises to tone your pelvic floor and abdominal muscles. Always ask your doctor or midwife before starting an exercise program, especially if you have had a caesarean section. It is important to make sure your abdominal muscles have healed before you do any vigorous exercises such as crunches.
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Nov 2007
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Weighted vaginal cones for urinary incontinence
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Leaking urine when coughing, sneezing, or exercising (stress urinary incontinence) is a common problem for women. This is especially so after giving birth, when about one woman in three will leak urine. Training of the pelvic floor muscles is the most c...
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Jun 2007
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Pelvic floor exercise
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
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What are pelvic floor muscles? What do my pelvic muscles do? How to do pelvic floor exercises.
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Jan 2000
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