Your pelvic floor is the group of muscles that keeps everything in place in your pelvis. It is important to look after your pelvic floor throughout your life. If your pelvic floor is not working properly, you may experience symptoms such as:
- Leaking of urine
- A feeling that something is coming out of your vagina
- Being unable to get to the toilet in time.
There are times in life when symptoms can become worse for example, in pregnancy, after childbirth, with menopause and as you get older.
Websites with useful information:
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse – when one or more of your pelvic organs drop down from their normal position NHS: Pelvic organ prolapse.
- Urinary incontinence – when you leak urine – NHS: Urinary incontinence.
- The CONfidence App offers free self-help for bladder or bowel leakage – CONfidence App.
- 10 things that we can all do to help us all to stop bladder leaks: NHS: How to help a weak bladder.
- More in-depth medical information – The British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
Exercising the muscles in your pelvic floor can help improve your symptoms:
- The Squeezy App can help teach you how to do this and set reminders for you to practice regularly –Squeezy App
- Video – NHS: How to do pelvic floor exercises.
- A physiotherapist may help support you in these exercises – you can self-refer to see a specialist pelvic health physiotherapist here: Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Service.
