pelvic floor assessment in women

### The Importance of Pelvic Floor Muscles and Physiotherapy Pelvic floor muscles play a crucial role in maintaining continence, supporting pelvic organs, ensuring spinal stability, and contributing to optimal sexual function. Proper muscle strength, flexibility, and coordination are essential to prevent dysfunction and discomfort. Pelvic Health Physiotherapists undergo advanced training, including specialized hands-on internal and external techniques, to assess, treat, and retrain these muscles effectively. ### Signs That You May Benefit from Pelvic Physiotherapy - **Urinary or fecal incontinence** – Leakage of urine, stool, or gas during activities like laughing, coughing, sneezing, lifting, jumping, or running. - **Persistent pelvic or lower back pain** - **A sensation of pressure or heaviness** in the vagina, penis, or rectum - **Pain or discomfort during intercourse** Pelvic Physiotherapy is the first-line approach for managing various pelvic conditions, including incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic girdle pain, and recovery following childbirth or surgery.