Women’s Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy in Vaughan

Pelvic Health Physiotherapy is a branch of physiotherapy that deals with treating the muscles, joints and nerves of the pelvis. Common causes are weak, poorly controlled or hypertonic pelvic floor muscles. It is important to assess the core case of this problem and offer treatment accordingly.

At My Physio Sport & Rehab Centre, we know that contrary to popular belief, urinary incontinence is not just about kegel exercises!

Prolapse of a pelvic organ is felt as if there is a bulge either at or near the vaginal opening, sometimes resembling vaginal or rectal pressure. These symptoms typically get worse in gravity-dependent positions and improve by laying down.

These patients sometimes have coexisting concerns — including constipation, incontinence and/or difficulty emptying the bladder or bowels. A pelvic floor physiotherapist will use conservative strategies to correct and reverse the problems associated with prolapse.

The research concludes that pelvic health physiotherapy should be the first line of defense before surgical consideration for incontinence in women.

Persistent pelvic pain can be very frustrating. These patients often get diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis, Bladder Pain Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome or Vulvodynia.

With correct pain education, stress management, pain management and using non-nociceptive techniques, a pelvic floor therapist can help to manage the symptoms and improve the quality of life.

While a large portion of the population suffers from chronic lower back pain, the cause isn’t often diagnosed correctly. Recently, a great deal of research has emerged around the psoas muscle and its role in lower back pain if it is partially contracted over a long period of time. With correct pain education, stress management, pain management and using non-nociceptive techniques, a pelvic floor therapist can help to manage the symptoms and improve the quality of life.

While this type of tenion is often in women, it is often a pelvic dysfunction that causes the lower back pain.

This is surprisingly common, but unfortunately not many women seek help for their pain or discomfort, believing it to be the ordinary stresses and tension of daily life. If chronic low back or hip pain does not improve with regular physiotherapy, an internal pelvic assessment should be considered. A recent study revealed that 95% of women with low back pain have some type of pelvic floor dysfunction.