After suffering in silence, these women are relying on a pessary and the results have been life-changing. What to know about ...

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

Plus, the easy exercises to prioritize.

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Many women assume pelvic floor health issues are simply their fate—part of having vaginal deliveries, getting older, gaining weight or entering menopause. Perhaps they have watched their mothers and ...

Whether you are pregnant, or have had kids or not, there’s a lot happening down in your pelvic region. It’s an important structural and functional hub of organs, muscles and tissues, which can require ...

There should be a support group for women with pelvic floors that are in need of TLC. The minute you talk to another woman about her pelvic floor (particularly if she’s over 35 and had kids), you’ll ...

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 ...

2025 social interest in pelvic floor surged: TikTok, Google, Reddit metrics. Pelvic floor supports bladder, bowel and reproductive organs; dysfunction causes symptoms. Experts recommend pelvic floor ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic; Icon Sportswire/Getty, Leila Coker/Getty “We don’t give it the time of day,” says pelvic floor physiotherapist Emma Brockwell. “If you look at any journal ...