Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) occurs when the muscles and nerves in the pelvis don’t work as they should. The pelvis is the ...

Leaking is a symptom of pelvic floor dysfunction, explains Lauren Garges, P.T., W.C.S., director of the women’s health program at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pennsylvania.

One in four women over the age of 20 suffers from at least one pelvic floor disorder, which can include urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse, according to a 2008 ...

This requires an immediate medical evaluation. Anyone who experiences symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction should check with their health care provider. These are common enough to be caused by ...

Luckily, she finally received a diagnosis: pelvic-floor dysfunction. She'd never heard of the condition, but, she notes, estimates suggest that one in three women have it. Your pelvic floor is a ...

‘I have seen some pelvic floor dysfunction relating to cycling in my clinical practice,’ Keeble says. As to why this might be? ‘If someone is cycling very often for long periods of ...

"It could work in women," Herati said. "Pelvic floor dysfunction is the underlying condition for a lot of pelvic pain conditions in both males and females and sildenafil has been used to treat ...

One in three women in the UK and globally are estimated to have pelvic floor dysfunction. It is a umbrella term for dysfunctioning conditions that affect the pelvis, ranging from urinary and ...

This guideline covers the prevention, assessment and non-surgical management of pelvic floor dysfunction in women aged 12 and over. It aims to raise awareness and help women to reduce their risk of ...

A person with pelvic floor dysfunction will have difficulty controling the muscles of their pelvic floor. This can lead to difficulty when having a bowel movement, urinary problems, lower back ...