What To Expect From Pelvic Floor Physio ACT AU

By Carolyn Miller


The pelvic floor is an incredibly important part of female anatomy. For the first few decades most women don't even consider it and just rely on it faithfully. However, it is one of those things that you quickly realise just how important it is once things start to go wrong and you need pelvic floor physio ACT AU.

After giving birth is when women often realise just how important the pelvic floor is. The combination of the weight of carrying a child for 9 months and the trauma of giving birth has a severely detrimental effect on the pelvic floor and it requires a great deal of work to restore it to its former strength. In severe cases there needs to be an operation but more often than not the issue simply requires physio and kegel exercises.

One of the pelvic floor's most important roles is bladder control. Without it women have no control over how or when they urinate and this can take over their life. If you consider how often you have to urinate each day, if you had no control over this it is easy to see how it could ruin your life.

Sexual function is an important part of our lives and a weak pelvic floor can seriously affect sex life. When the muscles are weak and lose the woman loses feeling down there and has more difficulty reaching orgasm. It is surprising just how much of a difference the strength of these muscles can have on sexual satisfaction and function, for both partners.

During physical activity it can pose a problem as any sudden or forceful movements can cause urine to leak out. Sometimes this is only a small amount but if the bladder is particularly weak it can completely empty. This is, of course, a nightmare for women and often makes them very reluctant to do any activity at all without protection in the form of sanitary pads or incontinence underwear.

Kegel exercises are very important. For pregnant women they should be used before and after the birth to help with strength, incontinence and control. They can be performed with no equipment, simply lying on the bed and they only take a few minutes. Lifting the pelvic floor feels similar to how it feels when you stop peeing mid stream. These muscles are then held in and slowly released.

There are also tools you can buy to help with these exercises. They include weights that hang from the vagina so you can lift them and strengthen the muscles even more. There are also gauges that will give you a reading so you know exactly how strong the vagina muscles are and what progress you are making.

It does take a little time before a difference is felt, but it only takes a few minutes a day consistently to make a radical change to your life and your sex life. Women who make kegel exercises a part of their normal life have more confidence in every area and are less likely to develop problems with incontinence later in life.




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