Pregnancy can cause the muscles and connective tissue in the pelvic area to be injured or weakened. This can cause many different issues such as back and hip pain, urinary problems, and constipation. Pelvic floor rehabilitation helps reduce the pain that is being felt and strengthens any damaged muscles or tissues. Pelvic floor treatment also helps to reduce pain symptoms caused by strained muscles and connective tissue damage in your pelvic floor after the baby is born.

Abdominal weakness, prostate problems, childbirth, constipation, and other factors can cause incontinence in people. Urinary incontinence can happen to anyone. Bladder leakage can be embarrassing and uncomfortable to discuss, so working with a trained professional can be very beneficial. There are a variety of causes and types of urinary incontinence. This affects children (pediatrics), teenagers, and adults. Pelvic floor physical therapy is the first-line treatment to improve urinary incontinence or any urinary leaking. People have often tried Kegel’s, but there is so much more that can and often needs to be done.

During the transition process individuals often undergo procedures that may include hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries that aim to alter the individual’s physical appearance to match their gender identity. Pelvic floor physical therapists play a unique and essential role in your care before, during and after surgery. Pelvic PTs are specialized in treating pelvic floor dysfunction as well as improving function, providing pain relief, treating bowel and bladder disorders, addressing sexual function, and so much more. As with any surgical procedure, there are risks of complications that can affect quality of life. Luckily, pelvic therapists are specifically trained to help prevent these complications and treat them if they arise.