Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

I was diagnosed with pelvic floor dysfunction a little over a year ago by a urogynecologist. It wasn't so bad at first, but more and more recently I've been really struggling with it.

Has anyone else gone through it? What were your symptoms? What kind of treatment did you go through?

Thanks

I haven't... I've heard about the importance of the pelvic floor, but don't really have any specific information.

I'm really sorry that you're going through this though. Did your doctor give you any exercises to do, to help strengthen your pelvic floor? Have you checked online, or maybe looked into pilates (I believe part of the "core" they work on in Pilates is pelvic floor exercises)?

I hope things get better for you!

Thanks so much

My doc... well, we'll just say she wasn't the nicest of people... she gave me a prescription for physical therapy and left me to it. I have back issues, so that interferes with pilates exercises... but thanks for the recommendation!

I'm going to check in with a different doc about how I can go about this.

Thanks for your reply

Hi Cherrypix...

I hope you can find a better doctor! All this stuff is already so hard, we don't need to deal with difficult doctors on top of it.

Good luck. I'm sorry to hear about your back issues too... I wonder if the exercises for your pelvic floor could end up helping your back at all? All that stuff seems to be related... when I did Pilates, it helped a lot with lower back pain, even working on things that didn't seem to be part of the back. It was weird, but good stuff.

Good luck!

Doing a google search I found this center that has some what a detailed list of symptoms, but is vague on treatment.
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Overview, Facts & Treatment

You're post caught my eye as I recently had a surgery and went through some chronic pain for a while that I had lost some control over and that effected the muscles of the pelvic floor region, and I have been working with a pt to help get those along with many other muscles reactivated & Stronger.
At first it was a struggle with some of the muscles but it has gotten easier to control them as I continue to do the exercises.

I wanted to encourage you to go through with the PT, even if the doctor who prescribed the PT may not be a good fit for you... After seeing a wide range of doctors for about a half a year so far, I have noticed that the Physical therapists (and a few other docs of course) seem to be more compassionate with observing the ones I have seen at the establishment that I go to. But I do realize that it is also personality, I am sure there are some PT's out there that are not so understanding, but from the team I have met they all seem nice and want to help others rebuild where they need to.

I will admit, It was uncomfortable for me to talk to a stranger with such a region (especially when asked if I did kegels "that's none of your business" was my sheepishly attitude) but ya know, I had to remind myself that it is fitness and bettering and helping myself.

I hope you the best!

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