Credit: Getty Images. The pelvic floor musculature plays a crucial role in many activities of daily living and can cause tremendous distress in the event of dysfunction. Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) ...

Pelvic floor physical therapy addresses pelvic health issues. It helps offer relief from pain, incontinence, and postsurgical challenges. The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and connective tissue ...

Roughly a third of women and 16% of men will experience some kind of pelvic floor disorder in their lifetime, statistics have shown. What does that actually mean? The pelvic floor is a group of ...

On April 1, the Department of Health and Human Services released a letter to the nation’s teaching hospitals and medical schools to “reiterate and provide clarity” about the need for written, informed ...

WATCH: 100+ women are accusing a former Brigham & Women’s doctor of sexual assault. Reporter Felice Freyer explains what patients can look out for. Most women receive regular pelvic and breast exams ...

Kathy Kates ran sexual reproductive health programs at a community health center in Brighton, Massachusetts, before being diagnosed with breast cancer. Once in remission, the vaginal pain came. During ...

When women—runners or not—hear “pelvic floor,” their minds likely go straight to kegel exercises. And that’s no surprise, really, given the history: A doctor in the 1940s, Arnold Kegel, worked with ...

Chronic pain, sexual dysfunction and incontinence can all stem from problems with your pelvic floor — and many men don’t even know they have one. By Danielle Friedman In his early 30s, Chad Woodard ...

When paired with the HPV test and a Pap smear — screening tests for cervical cancer — pelvic exams can save lives. But they aren't fun for anyone, and they can be especially unpleasant for survivors ...

When you hear “pelvic floor,” chances are, you think Kegels, or those infamous exercises often described as what you’d need to do to pick up a blueberry with…your vagina. And it’s true: Doing them ...

Credit: Getty Images There is limited research on chronic pelvic pain in men, which delays treatment for male patients experiencing symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction. While both sexes can ...