Pelvic floor muscles help to control bladder and bowel function. This fact sheet explains where the pelvic floor muscles are located in women, what causes them to weaken and how regular pelvic floor ...

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women living in rural and remote communities, this brochure explains the importance of pelvic floor muscles in maintaining good bladder and bowel control. It ...

Bladder control depends on muscles working together when the bladder is filling with urine. The bladder muscle should be relaxed and the muscles around the urethra (the tube that urine passes through) ...

Do your exercises often enough to make them a habit but at a minimum of 30 repetitions twice a day. Pelvic floor muscle support usually improves within 6 weeks after starting the exercises.

Supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) has been recommended as the first-line treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), but more evidence on whether adjunctive methods would ...

Pelvic floor muscle function in a general female population in relation with age and parity and the relation between voluntary and involuntary contractions of the pelvic floor musculature.

These conditions include prolapse or sagging of the organs, problems with bladder and bowel function, as well as the weakening of pelvic muscles and connective tissues. There are many treatments ...

1. In this randomized clinical trial comparing the use of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) alone to PFMT with a biofeedback (BF) device, the use of PFMT with BF was superior in reducing stress ...

"Improving women's awareness of pelvic floor health and encouraging them to practise pelvic floor muscle exercises throughout their lives is the most effective way to prevent pelvic floor dysfunction.

You might think you only need pelvic floor exercises if you’ve just had a baby, but everyone can benefit from training this area. The pelvic floor can weaken if we don’t look after it, leading to ...

Start with a pelvic floor muscle contraction, as though you’re doing a Kegel. “Can you isolate that muscle group? What does ...