Pelvic Floor Collapse
This team includes gynecologists and urologists.
Pelvic floor collapse. Typically a physical therapist trained in this area can help create a customized plan that includes finding and strengthening the pelvic floor muscles as well as learning to relax them. Pain or pressure in the pelvis the lower back or both urinary problems like urine leaking or the feeling that you need to constantly urinate constipation painful sex. Many women are embarrassed to talk to their doctor about their symptoms or think that their symptoms are normal.
Pelvic floor strengthening many women find relief from pelvic organ prolapse symptoms by performing targeted exercises. Each year mayo clinic doctors care for about 2 900 women with pelvic organ prolapse. A multidisciplinary team of mayo clinic experts trained in female pelvic floor medicine and reconstructive surgery evaluate and treat different types of pelvic organ prolapse.
The pelvic floor acts like a. Pelvic organ prolapse happens when the muscles and tissues supporting the pelvic organs the uterus bladder or rectum become weak or loose. Your pelvic floor is the group of muscles and ligaments in your pelvic region.
Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to control the muscles of your pelvic floor. This allows one or more of the pelvic organs to drop or press into or out of the vagina. Pelvic floor prolapse removing the uterus going through childbirth and going through menopause can weaken your pelvic floor and the network of muscles and ligaments holding your pelvic floor organs in place.
If you have symptoms such as a feeling of pressure in your pelvic area see your health care provider. Women most commonly develop pelvic organ prolapse years after childbirth after a hysterectomy or after menopause. In fact about one third of all women are affected by prolapse or similar conditions over their lifetime.
Pelvic organ prolapse a type of pelvic floor disorder can affect many women.