Common signs you might need pelvic floor therapy

Written By Emily Merollis

Your pelvic floor is a collection of muscles in your pelvis that play a major role in providing your body stability, supporting your organs, and allowing normal sexual, urinary, and bowel function. People of all genders, ages, and activity levels can experience pelvic floor dysfunction with a wide variety of symptoms. Here are a few signs that pelvic floor therapy would be beneficial for you.

You are experiencing:

  • Urinary urgency

  • Painful or difficult urination

  • Constipation, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, or painful bowel movements

  • Urinary or fecal incontinence (even a few drops of urinary leakage or feeling like you can’t get clean after a bowel movement)

  • Pressure or heaviness in the pelvis

  • Painful intercourse or other pelvic pain

  • Low back or SI joint pain

  • Feeling like your glutes and hips are always tight no matter what you do

You are pregnant, planning on becoming pregnant, or in the postpartum period.

You are an athlete or an active, healthy person trying to perform and feel your best.

Even if you are not having symptoms, a pelvic floor therapist can help you identify any underlying tension or weakness in your core and pelvic floor, promote strength and stability, prevent future dysfunction, and help you reach your goals.

Emily Merollis
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