GLP-1s may weaken the pelvic floor, impacting women's health – and their sex lives

GLP-1 side effects like constipation and muscle mass loss can lead to uncomfortable pelvic floor symptoms like bladder leakage and painful sex.
AOL

What Is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Men? Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment

This article was reviewed by Martin Miner, MD. Your pelvic floor is kinda like plumbing: you never really think about it unless there’s something wrong. Although we don’t pay much attention to our ...
News Medical

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Understanding Its Impact on Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Function

When the pelvic floor’s intricate support system falters, everyday activities and continence are compromised, but advancing diagnostics and targeted therapy offer renewed stability. The pelvic floor ...
Healio

VIDEO: Examining pelvic floor dysfunction as a cause of constipation

Editor’s note: This is a previously posted video, and the below is an automatically generated transcript to be used for informational purposes. Please notify editor@healio.com if there are concerns ...
Newser on MSN

What we get wrong about the pelvic floor

A mysterious pain at the base of her spine led a new mother and writer to discover the little-understood world of pelvic ...
Outside

The 5 Best Stretches for Pelvic-Floor Dysfunction, According to Physical Therapists

Gabrielle Kassel (she/her) is a queer-inclusive, health-informed, pleasure-inclusive, sex-positive journalist and educator who creates written, infographic, audio and video content at the intersection ...
Mountain Xpress

Physical therapy for pelvic floor dysfunction

STRONG AND STABLE: Zoe Martin, right, and colleague Courtney Jones demonstrate a core-strengthening technique that also helps improve pelvic floor function. Photo courtesy of Martin As a young woman, ...
Medscape

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Imaging: New Guidelines Provide Recommendations

New consensus guidelines from a multispecialty working group of the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium (PFDC) clear up inconsistencies in the use of magnetic resonance defecography (MRD), and provide ...
Well+Good

Why Every Woman Should Be Paying Attention to Her Pelvic Floor

Just after my 24th birthday, I started experiencing an unpleasant combo of symptoms that pretty soon took over my life. I had chronic constipation and felt a frequent need to pee. But those were ...
Southwest Times Record

Yes, there is help for pelvic floor dysfunction

Question: I have a pelvic floor dysfunction. Is there anything I can do to treat it? Diane Hubbard, physical therapist at Mercy Clinic Physical Therapy in Fort Smith, explains: There is something you ...
New Atlas

A Few Minutes on Fit Base Could Save You Years of Discomfort

As wellness tech continues to move deeper into the everyday routines of consumers, MYHIXEL is introducing a category shift ...
Women's Health

This Actress Says She Suffers From A Pelvic Condition That Feels Like A ‘Hot Poker’ In Her Vagina

Girls star Zosia Mamet is known for putting it all out there, both onscreen and off. In 2014, she opened up about her struggle with an eating disorder. And this week, at AOL's Makers Conference in Los ...