This article was reviewed by Martin Miner, MD. Your pelvic floor is kinda like plumbing: you never really think about it unless there’s something wrong. Although we don’t pay much attention to our ...

In his early 30s, Chad Woodard spent hours cycling around New York City training for an Ironman triathlon. Around the same time, he began to experience pelvic pain and erectile dysfunction. He never ...

What Is Your Pelvic Floor? The pelvic floor is a set of muscles that support many of your organs. In people with uteruses, it supports the uterus, bladder, and colon. In people with penises, it ...

A hypertonic pelvic floor can cause frequent urination, erectile disfunction, and constipation.riderfoot/Getty Images Men can develop a hypertonic pelvic floor — over-activation of muscles for peeing ...

Pelvic floor therapy is often only associated with women who experience pelvic floor dysfunction after childbirth, but men can also benefit from this treatment. Working with a pelvic floor physical ...

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Just like women, men have a pelvic floor, supported by the Pubococcygeus muscles, and training them can heed similar results including improved bladder control and enhanced sexual pleasure. Although ...

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 pain, ...

The woman, a lawyer in her 30s, was desperate when she went to New York City-based physical therapist Isa Herrera. The patient, Nancy (U.S. News is not identifying the woman by her real or full name ...