What is Pelvic Health?

State of well-being and optimal function of the pelvic region

Everyone has a pelvic floor. This means pelvic health is for everyone from infant to older adulthood, no matter your genitalia or gender.

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It’s Your Sexual Health ...your orgasms, ability to engage in intercourse, erections, arousal.

It's Your Bowel Health ... how easily you can poop or how often, if you're straining, or you're constipated, if you leak stool or your poop feels stuck.

person with hands over groin as if having to pee or have peed pants

It's Your Bladder Health ... how often you pee, how easily it is to pee, if you're leaking pee, running to the bathroom, can't initiate your stream.

It's involved in pregnancy, post partum, hernias, low back pain, tailbone pain, genital pain, hip pain, gender affirming care, and so much more.

Want to Learn More About Your Pelvic Wellness?

You've heard about pelvic health, but you're still unsure on what it actually involves.

Is what you’re experiencing “normal”? Is it even related to your pelvic floor?

You want to get started on your pelvic wellness journey with every day solutions.

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Raise your hand if any of this sounds familiar:

You often feel overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, or worried.
Managing stress feels like a constant struggle.
Your muscles often feel tense, especially in your pelvic region.
You notice tightness or tension in your hips or lower back.
Sex has become painful or uncomfortable.
Constipation, bloating, or digestive issues are part of your daily life.
You have frequent urges to rush to the bathroom (or don’t make it in time).
You experience frequent urinary tract infections (UTIs) or discomfort when urinating.

Believe it or not, these symptoms could all be linked to how stress and anxiety affect your pelvic health!

Anxiety, gut issues, sexual difficulties, pelvic pain, urinary urgency… these can be confusing to navigate with seemingly little support that actually helps.

It’s time to put an end to the overwhelm and confusion that comes with getting help and instead:

→Not have to even think about peeing and pooping because they’re things that just come easily

→Not have to worry about dating or your relationship due to sexual concerns

→Not have to live in pain every day worrying if it will ever get better.

How Anxiety Impacts The Pelvic Floor

From Our Blog

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Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I

Anxiety and Pelvic Floor: An Intimate Relationship

Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I

Anxiety and the pelvic floor are in an intimate relationship. In fact, anxiety has relationships with a lot of parts of your body. Remember last time you felt anxious or stressed and you noticed your neck was tense as your shoulders were hiked up? Or maybe your jaw cracked open after it was just in a tense battle with your thoughts? Anxiety and the neck, shoulders, jaw… they’re in a very intimate relationship, just like the pelvic floor. So how does anxiety impact the pelvic floor?

Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I

Told You Have a Hypertonic Pelvic Floor, Now What?

Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I

So your doctor says you have a hypertonic pelvic floor…
You may be thinking – “What does that really mean? What am I supposed to do about it? What else has this been impacting that I may not know about?”

Well let’s talk about it.

Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I

Pelvic Health - What Is This Buzz All About?

Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I

Maybe you’ve seen “Pelvic Health” in an Instagram infographic, your pregnancy class mentioned its role in birth, or you saw an ad at your local rehab clinic. It’s also possible you’re hearing about it now for the first time. The pelvic floor has gained attention in the media's eye, and thankfully in some doctor’s offices. For the longest time it’s gotten hardly any attention at all, but at last it is now the latest “buzz” word. We all have a pelvic floor, but what the heck is it?

Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I