Pelvic Health Education
Pelvic Health Resources
Understanding your pelvic health is an important part of taking an active role in your care.
Explore information about pelvic floor function, common pelvic health concerns, physical therapy, and what to expect when seeking care. These resources are designed to help you better understand your body and the role pelvic floor physical therapy may play in your health and recovery.
Start with what matters to you.
Pelvic health concerns can affect many parts of daily life. Learning more can help you better understand your symptoms and your options for care.
- Understand pelvic floor function
- Explore common symptoms
- Learn about pelvic floor PT
- Know what to expect from care
Understanding Pelvic Health
The pelvic floor is part of a larger system.
Pelvic health involves more than one group of muscles. The pelvic floor works together with breathing, the abdominal wall, hips, pelvis, spine, and surrounding tissues. When one or more parts of this system are not working well together, symptoms can appear in several different ways.
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Pain & Comfort
Pelvic floor and musculoskeletal factors may contribute to pelvic, genital, rectal, abdominal, hip, or lower-back symptoms.
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Bladder & Bowel
Pelvic floor muscles must contract, relax, and coordinate appropriately to support continence and comfortable emptying.
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Sexual Health
Muscle tension, relaxation, mobility, coordination, pain, and other pelvic health factors can influence comfort with sexual activity.
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Movement & Recovery
Pregnancy, childbirth, surgery, injury, exercise, and everyday activity can all change the demands placed on the pelvic floor and surrounding system.
Pelvic floor dysfunction doesn't always mean weakness.
Some people need to improve strength or endurance. Others need better relaxation, mobility, or muscle coordination. Symptoms can also involve factors outside the pelvic floor itself. An individualized evaluation helps determine what may be contributing to your symptoms and what type of physical therapy is appropriate.
Explore Pelvic Health Topics
Learn more about your symptoms and care.
Explore these topics for more information about common pelvic health concerns and how individualized pelvic floor physical therapy may help.
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Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Learn what the pelvic floor does, how pelvic floor physical therapy works, and what evaluation and treatment may involve.
Learn About Pelvic Floor PT →02
Pelvic Pain
Explore pelvic pain symptoms, associated conditions, contributing factors, and the role of pelvic floor physical therapy.
Explore Pelvic Pain →03
Bladder & Bowel Health
Learn about urgency, frequency, leakage, constipation, emptying difficulties, and pelvic floor coordination.
Explore Bladder & Bowel Health →04
Pregnancy & Postpartum
Learn how pelvic floor physical therapy may support pregnancy, preparation for birth, postpartum recovery, and return to activity.
Explore Pregnancy & Postpartum →05
Sexual Health
Learn about pelvic floor and musculoskeletal factors that may contribute to pain or discomfort associated with sexual activity.
Explore Sexual Health →06
Surgical Rehabilitation
Learn about pelvic floor physical therapy before and after pelvic and abdominal procedures and the progression back to everyday activity.
Explore Surgical Rehabilitation →Preparing for Your Visit
You don't need to have everything figured out before you come in.
Pelvic health symptoms can be difficult to describe, and many people have questions about what information is important. Your first visit is designed to help Dr. Loyd understand what you're experiencing and determine an appropriate plan for your care.
Think About Your Symptoms
Consider what you're experiencing, when it occurs, what makes it better or worse, and how it affects your daily activities.
Consider Your Goals
Think about what you want to get back to — whether that's comfortable daily activity, exercise, bladder or bowel control, intimacy, recovery after childbirth or surgery, or another personal goal.
Bring Relevant Information
When applicable, information about prior treatment, procedures, surgical precautions, or recommendations from other members of your healthcare team may be helpful.
Bring Your Questions
Your visit is also an opportunity to ask questions about your symptoms, evaluation, treatment options, and what to expect from pelvic floor physical therapy.
Pelvic Health Project
Ready to take the next step?
Contact Dr. Lina Loyd to discuss getting started with individualized, one-on-one pelvic floor physical therapy.
Information provided on this website is for general educational purposes and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.