Pelvic Floor Muscles

Follow the links to find information about the effects of weakened pelvic floor muscles and ways of strengthening them.

Reviewed November 2007

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Title:   Pelvic floor
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The pelvic floor muscles support the bladder, uterus and bowel. Pregnancy, childbirth, obesity and the straining of chronic constipation can weaken the pelvic floor. These muscles can be strengthened with special exercises.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Pregnancy and exercise
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Regular exercise during pregnancy can prepare your body for labour. Physical activity may also help manage some symptoms of pregnancy such as insomnia and fatigue. Pelvic floor exercises are important before, during and after pregnancy.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Postnatal exercise - sample workout
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Exercise helps you return to your pre-pregnancy shape and gives you increased energy to cope with the demands of motherhood. You can begin exercises to tone your pelvic floor and abdominal muscles as soon as you feel ready.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Rectocele
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A rectocele is the protrusion of the rectum into the vagina. Treatment options include management of constipation, exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor, and a vaginal pessary. Surgery is needed in severe cases.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Prolapse of the uterus
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A uterine prolapse occurs when weakened or damaged muscles and ligaments allow the uterus to slip into the vagina. Causes include childbirth, obesity and hormonal changes after menopause. Treatment options include pelvic floor exercises and surgery.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Pelvic floor exercises
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   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.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Effectiveness of non-invasive magnetic stimulation of the pelvic floor in the control of urinary incontinence
Publisher:   Griffith University,University of Queensland
Description:   Objectives: To determine the safety and effectiveness of non-invasive static magnetic stimulation (SMS) of the pelvic floor compared to placebo in the treatment of women aged 60 years and over with urinary incontinence.
Title:   Pelvic floor muscle exercises for men
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Pelvic floor muscle exercises can help to restore bladder control after treatments for prostate cancer.
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Strengthen your inside - the importance of pelvic floor exercises for young women
Publisher:   Women's Health Victoria (WHV)
Description:   A pamphlet designed to raise awareness of the relationship between pelvic floor exercises and continence
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Continence
Publisher:   Women's Health Victoria (WHV)
Description:   Discusses continence and details a pilot project called 'Strengthen your Inside, young women and the importance of the pelvic floor'. This project was concerned with raising awareness of continence related issues and preventing 'stress incontinence' in young women by promoting regular use of pelvic floor exercises (PFE)
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Pelvic floor muscle exercises
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   It is important that women maintain strength in their pelvic floor muscles.
Date:   Sep 2005
Title:   Good bladder habits for everyone
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Describes signs of bladder control problems which you should seek assistance for as well as describing how to keep your bladder healthy by appropriate fluid intake, practising good toilet habits, maintaining good bowel habits and looking after your pelvic floor muscles.
Date:   Oct 2004
Title:   Strengthen Your Insides: Young Women and the Importance of the Pelvic Floor.
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A report of a health promotion pilot project aimed at developing and evaluating strategies for raising awareness and preventing the development of continence problems in young women who attend gymnasiums.
Title:   Pelvic floor education for new mothers: timing the message for best effect
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Report for the National Continence Management Strategy Innovative Grants Program.
Title:   Pelvic floor exercises for women
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Describes the pelvic floor muscles, what may cause them to weaken, the benefits of pelvic floor exercises and how to do pelvic floor exercises (information from the Continence Foundation of Australia).
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Pelvic floor exercises for women
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Fact sheet prepared for indigenous communities on pelvic floor exercises for women. It is important for woman of all ages to have strong pelvic floor muscles.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Pelvic floor exercises for men
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Fact sheet prepared for men in indigenous communities. Pelvic floor exercises can improve control of the bladder and bowel.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Continence: Constipation and urinary incontinence
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Constipation can contribute to loss of bladder control by: 1) Weakening of the pelvic floor muscles 2) A full bowel pressing on the bladder can obstruct the outflow of urine, or affect the capacity of the bladder.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Pelvic floor exercises for men
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Describes what the pelvic floor muscles are, why they may weaken, the benefits of pelvic floor exercises and how to do pelvic floor exercises.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Weighted vaginal cones for urinary incontinence
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   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 co...
Date:   Aug 2001
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