Pelvic Floor Examination Nhs

Squeezy has been designed by chartered physiotherapists specialising in women s health working in the nhs.

Pelvic floor examination nhs.

The app is particularly aimed at women who are seeing a specialist physiotherapist for problems connected to their bladder bowels or pelvic floor muscles as it can be tailored to a specific exercise. Nhs therapists recommend women speak to their primary care physicians urologists or gynecologists about whether they need pelvic floor therapy based on a pelvic floor exam. Everyone can benefit from doing pelvic floor exercises. It is suitable for all women who want to do pelvic floor muscle exercises.

A pelvic exam involves a physician looking at a woman s vulva uterus cervix fallopian tubes ovaries bladder and rectum to spot signs of illness. Recent evidence suggests that pelvic floor exercises may help to improve a mild prolapse or reduce the risk of it getting worse. Strengthening your pelvic floor muscles can help urinary incontinence treat pelvic organ prolapse and make sex better too. Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to control the muscles of your pelvic floor.

Levator ani syndrome is a type of nonrelaxing pelvic floor dysfunction. The pelvic floor supports the rectum bladder and urethra. The pelvic floor muscles are a group of muscles that wrap around the underside of the bladder and rectum. That means the pelvic floor muscles are too tight.

Having weak or damaged pelvic floor muscles can make a prolapse more likely. Pelvic floor exercises strengthen the muscles around your bladder bottom and vagina or penis.