Pelvic Floor Muscles

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

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   Pelvic floor exercises
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   During pregnancy there is increased pressure on the pelvic floor, and childbirth can stretch and damage the pelvic floor muscles so that you may have some slight leaking of urine, especially when you laugh, cough or run.
Date:   Oct 2011
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, chronic coughing, chronic straining and hormonal changes after menopause. Treatment options include pelvic floor exercises, pessaries and surgery.
Date:   Sep 2011
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 and cause urinary incontinence. Pelvic floor exercises can help.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Comparisons of approaches to pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Involuntary urine leakage (or incontinence) is a widespread condition experienced by about a quarter of women. Exercise for the pelvic floor muscles is often the first treatment women are offered. Improving the strength, endurance and co-ordination of ...
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Pilates in pregnancy
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Pilates is an ideal exercise during pregnancy as it is designed to strengthen the deep abdominal and pelvic floor muscles.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Feedback or biofeedback to augment pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Women of all ages are affected by urinary incontinence. A common treatment is pelvic floor muscle exercises (also called pelvic floor muscle training) where the pelvic floor muscles are squeezed and lifted then relaxed several times in a row, up to thre...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Pilates for back pain
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Pilates and Back Pain: Pilates is a particularly good exercise for many people with back pain as it is designed to strengthen the deep abdominal and pelvic floor muscles. Pilates has been found to reduce chronic back pain and the disability associated with back pain. Read on for more info on Pilates and Back pain.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Rectocele
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   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.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Pelvic floor muscle exercises - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about the causes and symptoms of a weak pelvic floor, and how performing pelvic floor muscle exercises can help.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Bladder and bowel health
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   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.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Pelvic floor muscle exercises for men - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Pelvic floor muscle exercises can help to restore bladder control after treatments for prostate cancer.
Date:   Jun 2008
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:   Apr 2008
Title:   Pelvic floor muscle training for prevention and treatment of urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   About a third of women have urine leakage, and up to a tenth of women leak stool (faeces), after childbirth. Pelvic floor muscle training is commonly recommended during pregnancy and after birth for prevention and treatment of incontinence. This is a pr...
Date:   Apr 2008
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 c...
Date:   Jun 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.
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Pelvic floor exercise
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   What are pelvic floor muscles? What do my pelvic muscles do? How to do pelvic floor exercises.
Date:   Jan 2000

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