Pelvic floor therapy is a medical term for a type of physical therapy that focuses on the pelvic muscles to treat various conditions. Pelvic floor therapy can be used to treat numerous medical problems, including urinary and fecal incontinence, stress and urge incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse.

Pelvic floor physical therapy is a therapeutic approach for reconditioning the pelvic floor muscles that employ physical therapy ideas in an organized, effective, and safe manner. The treatment's objective is to enhance the pelvic floor muscles' strength and function while also reducing discomfort, weakness, and dysfunction. Throughout the therapy, a professional physical therapist manipulates the muscles through the rectum or vaginal canal to enhance their strength and function.

If the muscles are weak and dysfunctional, the therapist may stretch them or use resistance to strengthen them if they are short and restricted. However, the pelvic floor therapy system is another viable option.

What Is Pelvic Floor Therapy System?

For women suffering from urge incontinence, a pelvic floor therapy system may be the next step. Pelvic stimulation has been shown to benefit the vast majority of women with urge incontinence or bladder spasm.

A pelvic floor therapy system or pelvic stimulators allow a woman to perform physical therapy in the privacy of her own home.

Electronic sensors are used in pelvic floor stimulation devices to help patients strengthen their pelvic floor muscles and gain control over their bladder functions.

How Do You Know If You Need Pelvic Floor Therapy?

Following are symptoms of having pelvic floor :

Urinary incontinence or leakage

Urine leakage, whether little or big, is common after activities such as getting up from a chair, leaping, coughing, sneezing, jogging, or lifting weights.

Urination on a regular basis or nocturia

Constantly wanting to use the restroom 

• Constantly needing to use the restroom before leaving the house, before meetings, or lengthy car journeys. 

Feelings of emptiness that aren't quite there

• Pelvic pain, such as vaginismus or dyspareunia, after going to the bathroom and still needing to pee

• Consistent or intermittent discomfort in the pelvic area, pubic bone, pain with penetration, tampon insertion, or gynecological examinations

Feelings of weight or of being on the verge of collapsing

With or without exercise, you may feel as though something is dropping out of your pelvis.

After childbirth, there is a period of time known as the post-partum period.

Diastasis recti, C-section scars, and scarring of the pelvic floor as a result of tears during childbirth or episiotomy

Ejaculatory discomfort and testicular pain

Strengthening, manual treatment (both internally and externally), muscle re-education and coordination training, knowledge about particular pelvic floor diseases, dietary modifications, and home exercise regimens are all part of pelvic floor physical therapy.

If you are having any of these symptoms, visit your doctor today!