Pelvic Floor FAQ
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Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles at the base of your pelvis. When they're too tight, too weak, or not coordinating well, they can cause back, hip, groin, or tailbone pain, leaking, pain with sex, and more. Pelvic floor PT is hands-on, one-on-one work to get those muscles cooperating again, so you can get back to your life. If you're having trouble with peeing, pooping, or sex, it's worth an assessment.
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Yes, and yes. I work with people of every gender and every stage of life. Pelvic floor dysfunction shows up in women, men, and nonbinary people alike, and so much of it goes unspoken for years. If something in your body has felt off and nobody's been able to explain it, you're welcome here.
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An internal pelvic exam can be a valuable part of your assessment, but it's always your choice: never required, and only ever performed with your explicit consent. You're in charge of every step.
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It's common, and it's not something you have to just live with. It's very treatable, whether your baby arrived a few months ago or a decade ago.
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Very often, yes. Painful sex often has real, physical, treatable causes in the pelvic floor and the surrounding tissues, and it's one of the things people are most relieved to learn can actually be addressed.
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Totally up to you, and it depends on how you're feeling. Internal treatment can still be effective, but it's completely your call. Some patients come in and we work on the hips, low back, and abdomen instead, and some choose to reschedule.
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Most male patients come to me for help with dribbling after urination, urinary frequency and urgency, constipation, or erectile dysfunction. I also work with patients recovering after prostate cancer treatment. If you're dealing with lingering pelvic, low back, hip, or groin pain that hasn't resolved with traditional PT, pelvic floor PT may help.
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There isn't. Nothing you share is too much information.