Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy Vernon

What the heck is Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy anyway?

Dysfunction with your pelvic floor is not a common topic of conversation. In fact, it’s a bit of an uncomfortable topic and many people suffer quietly without getting the treatment they need.

However, pelvic floor dysfunction is common and affects a wide range of people, from pregnant women to athletes.

The pelvic floor is a pretty important group of muscles that attach from the pubic bone to the tailbone and their function is essential to supporting our pelvic organs, like the bladder and uterus. Additionally, these muscles are crucial to our core stability.

When these muscles are too tight, lengthened, imbalanced or weak, a variety of issues can occur, causing symptoms such as incontinence, pain, IBS, sexual dysfunction and more. Additionally, a weak pelvic floor often is the culprit behind the back, hip or other joint pain.

The goal of physiotherapy for pelvic health conditions is to correct and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and improve their function with education, exercises, and manual physiotherapy treatments.

The good thing is that most conditions respond well to physiotherapy and can be managed and with education and individualized strategies you can get your pelvic floor working again.

Be Proactive!

Pelvic floor physiotherapy is also a fantastic preventative strategy. Not only can you learn great self-management tools, strengthen your pelvic floor but you can prevent symptoms by getting your pelvic floor fit and strong.

What to expect from a Pelvic Health Assessment and Treatment

You are in good hands with Chenoa Koke, our pelvic health physiotherapist. Read her full bio here!

The first step will be a detailed history and conversation with Chenoa about your issues and symptoms so that she can clearly listen to and understand your concerns and collaborate with you on the best next steps.

Pelvic floor dysfunction can be complex, (and as we like to say, the hip bone is connected to the thigh bone….) and therefore multiple structures can be implicated like the lumbar spine and hip. So, the next step is to do a physical assessment which will always include a look at the big picture to determine if the hip, lumbar spine or other structures may be involved.

An internal physical exam may or may not be necessary but this is your choice; you are always in the driver’s seat as far as this decision.

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