From not treating your rectum as a storage facility to weight lifting, experts offer advice on how to maintain a healthy pelvic floor for longer ...

“We don’t give it the time of day,” says pelvic floor physiotherapist Emma Brockwell. “If you look at any journal on the hip, groin, pelvis, the pelvic floor is missing. It’s wild how this muscle ...

If you’ve just had gender-affirming bottom surgery—seeing a pelvic physical therapist can play an important role both before and after your surgery. Before your surgery, pelvic physical therapists can ...

If you suffer from frequent back spasms or urination or, on the flip-side, have difficulty urinating, there's a chance you might have a tight or overactive pelvic floor. Most people are unaware that ...

The powers of Google likely led you here because it's 2 a.m. and everyone in the group chat—aka the sacred space for you and your girls' most personal and dire questions—is already asleep. Sigh. Maybe ...

From how to locate them to why they cause headaches, these are the most important things we learned about our pelvic floor muscles this year. These Are the Summer Essentials You Should Bring With You ...

I used to think kegels were only done for the sake of stronger orgasms. I’m not sure I’d ever truly done one—or at least done one properly—until last summer. By that point, I’d been peeing in my pants ...

If you’re dealing with bladder leaks, especially when you laugh, sneeze or cry, it could be a sign you have a weak pelvic floor. Your pelvic floor plays a key role in bladder and bowel movements and ...

I started future-proofing in my mid-40s. I knew menopause was coming, and I needed some way to have the upper hand—to pretend I had control over the inevitable outcome of aging in a female body. It ...

How many pelvic exams does a woman have in her lifetime? Why should one in particular stand out? Even at the time it didn’t feel right, back when I was a 25-year-old theater student at USC. Today, 16 ...