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	Pelvic floor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The pelvic floor or pelvic diaphragm is composed of muscle fibers of the levator ani, the coccygeus, and associated connective tissue which span the area underneath the pelvis.
		Pelvic floor exercises, also known as Kegel exercises, can lead to development and improved control of the pelvic floor muscles.
		The causes of pelvic organ prolapse are not unlike those that also contribute to urinary incontinence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pelvic_floor (396 words)

	Incontinence and the pelvic floor
		Although pelvic floor exercise works, research confirms that for many women exercising with a exerciser device is even better.
		Pelvic floor exercises are useful for all women, and everyone can benefit from strengthening the pelvic floor.
		A stronger pelvic floor is a factor in overcoming urge incontinence too, and products such as electronic muscle stimulators in particular, have also been shown to be very useful for women with urge incontinence.
	www.pelvicfloorexercise.com.au /incontinence.htm (1195 words)

	Pelvic Floor - Effective treatment options for incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse
		The pelvic floor is one of the body's most interesting organ structures, but unfortunately, also one of the least understood and most neglected.
		In both men and women, the pelvic floor is also involved with excretory functions namely urination and defecation.
		Unfortunately, the female pelvic floor is vulnerable to the development of numerous disorders, which could seriously affect the quality of life of the individual.
	www.pelvicfloor.com (216 words)

	Pelvic Floor Muscle Tension (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The pelvic floor is composed of a group of muscles, which span the inferior, or underlying surface of the bony pelvis.
		This muscular floor is pierced by the urethra (the structure which empties urine from the bladder), the anal canal and the vagina, and gives off fibers that connect it to these organ structures.
		An important distinction was made between the voluntary control characteristic of pelvic floor muscle, in contrast to the involuntary nature of the muscle of the rectum, colon and bladder.
	www.aboutincontinence.org /PelvicFloor.html (2237 words)

	Pelvic floor disorders, incontinence, pelvic pain
		The “pelvic floor” refers to the pelvic diaphragm, the sphincter mechanism of the lower urinary tract, the upper and lower vaginal supports, and the internal and external anal sphincters.
		When a compartmental approach is followed to treat women with a pelvic floor disorder, there is a possibility of inaccurately identifying which segment of the pelvic floor is causing the disorder.
		Women with pelvic floor disorders may suffer from the rectum protruding through the back wall of the vagina (rectocele), the bladder protruding out through the anterior vaginal wall (cystocele) or the entire vagina (vaginal vault prolapse) or uterus (uterine prolapse) prolapsing through the vaginal opening.
	www.surgery.usc.edu /divisions/cr/pelvicfloordisorders.html (1630 words)

	Pelvic Floor Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Pelvic floor (pelvic support) disorders involve a dropping down (prolapse) of the bladder, rectum, or uterus caused by weakness of or injury to the ligaments, connective tissue, and muscles of the pelvis.
		The pelvic floor is a network of muscles, ligaments, and tissues that act like a hammock to support the organs of the pelvis: the uterus, bladder, and rectum.
		Pelvic floor disorders are more common among women who have had several vaginal deliveries, and the risk may increase with each delivery.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec22/ch249/ch249a.html (1538 words)

	PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES FOR WOMEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The pelvic floor is a large sling (or hammock) of muscles stretching from side to side across the floor of the pelvis.
		Pelvic floor exercises should give optimum results with regular exercise within 3 to 6 months, but you should continue them for life to safeguard against problems recurring.
		This is usually used as an adjunct to pelvic floor exercises for symptoms of stress and /or urge incontinence.
	www.continence-foundation.org.uk /docs/pelvwom.htm (1192 words)

	The Pregnancy Centre
		Pelvic floor exercises can be done in sitting or lying, and standing positions if you are able to do them well, but do not involve the moving of your pelvis at all, except for when you are trying to get yourself in the right position to start with.
		Pregnancy weakens the pelvic floor muscles due to the weight of the growing baby, and due to the relaxin hormones, which soften the ligaments in the body together with the fascia in the pelvic floor.
		Pelvic floor exercises can sometimes be uncomfortable to do initially if you have hemorrhoids, but they can help to promote the circulation and encourage the blood flow from the hemorrhoids back inside.
	thepregnancycentre.com /pelvic_floor_muscles.html (7403 words)

	Postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pelvic floor dysfunction is a group of clinical conditions that includes urinary incontinence, anal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, sensory and emptying abnormalities of the lower urinary tract, defecatory dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and several chronic pain syndromes, including vulvodynia.
		It is estimated that at least one-third of adult women are affected by at least one of these conditions.
		With the steady increase in aged population in many countries, combined with the general superior longetivity of women, means that the cost burden related to pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) is enormous in terms of lost productivity, decreased quality of life and direct health care costs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Postpartum_pelvic_floor_dysfunction (253 words)

	St. Rita's Medical Center - Pelvic Floor Disorders Clinic
		Difficulty controlling the bladder or bowel functions, a condition called incontinence, or pain in the pelvic area, is often the result of weak pelvic muscles.
		Weak pelvic muscles can lead to a loss of support for the abdominal organs and possible collapse of these organs through the pelvic floor.
		The pelvic floor muscles are a series of muscles that form a bridge across the opening of the pelvis.
	www.stritas.org /ccgWomenServicesBody.cfm?id=1900 (680 words)

	Pelvic Pain Help - A Headache In the Pelvis
		When you have pelvic pain of the kind we treat and decide to do whatever it takes to resolve it, you find out there is no quick fix but results come from committing yourself to the inside job of changing very stubborn inner habits.
		While doctors understand the concept of referred pain, the idea that pelvic pain felt in the groin, penis, testicles or perineum may indeed originate inside the pelvic floor is a not part of a urologists training and understanding or belief.
		A tightened pelvic floor is sometimes the physical expression of a psychologically defended state and releasing the pelvic tissues can trigger emotional release and psychological insight during and/or after the PT session.
	www.pelvicpainhelp.com /stanford.html (4767 words)

	Pelvic Floor Digest 2005
		Pelvic floor disorders include urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and bowel dysfunction, all of which can cause considerable disability and anxiety.
		This review explores the literature that has promoted advances in the understanding of pelvic floor disorders and discusses some of the new technology and research that is being done in the field.
		Pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) examinations were performed during each trimester of pregnancy and in the postpartum.
	www.pelvicfloordigest.org /2005/pelvic_floor.html (5118 words)

	Pelvic Floor Stimulation
		Pelvic floor stimulation (PFS) is a method of nonsurgical treatment for fecal and/or stress incontinence.
		Pelvic floor stimulation via electrical or electromagnetic stimulation for the treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence is considered investigational.
		Pelvic floor stimulation in the treatment of genuine stress incontinence: a multicenter, placebo-controlled trial.
	www.bcbst.com /MPManual/Pelvic_Floor_Stimulation.htm (1115 words)

	pelvic floor muscle rehab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The actual effects of pelvic muscle exercises (PME's) on the bladder and pelvic muscles are not completely understood but there may be a relationship between changes in various measures of pelvic floor strength, such as anal or rectal sphincter strength or increased urethral closure pressure, and resistance, all of which prevent urine leakage.
		These exercises have become known as pelvic muscle exercises (PMEs) or pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT.) Research starting in the 1980s and continuing in the present has shown them to decrease urine leakage in women and men with stress and urge UI and with overactive bladder symptoms of urinary urgency and frequency.
		Pelvic floor re-education has proven to be effective in women with sphincter deficiency and detrusor instability.
	www.seekwellness.com /incontinence/pelvic_floor_muscle_rehab.htm (2188 words)

	Pelvic Floor Exercises - Intimate Solutions Medical Center
		When the pelvic muscles become weak, the pelvic organs they supports tend to sag, which can lead to urinary incontinence and other sexual problems.
		So it is important for anyone with urinary incontinence and especially for women who are pregnant or who have recently had children to give their pelvic floor muscles plenty of exercise.
		Kegel, or pelvic floor muscle exercises are exercises performed to strengthen the muscles which support the urethra, bladder, uterus and rectum.
	www.intimatemedical.com /PelvicFloorExercises.htm (884 words)

	Conservative Treatement of Stress Incontinence, The Conservative Approach, The Logical Approach, by Brad Porter, RN, BS
		Pelvic floor exercises (PFEs) have been a staple for the prevention and treatment of stress incontinence for over fifty years now.
		A pelvic floor exercise regimen is basically a traditional exercise program for the pelvic floor muscles consisting of several sets of muscle contractions, which can be performed with or without the assistance of resistance and or biofeedback.
		The desired benefit in either case is the reduction or elimination of episodes of incontinence by increasing the resistance in the pelvic floor, specifically “in the sphincter and urethra” (Strange, 1997, p.
	www.pelvictrainers.com /conservativetreatment.html (2341 words)

	Pelvic Floor Stimulation as a Treatment of Urinary Incontinence
		Pelvic floor stimulation (PFS) involves the electrical stimulation of pelvic floor muscles using either a probe wired to a device for controlling the electrical stimulation, or more recently, extracorporeal pulsed magnetic innervation.
		Electrical or magnetic stimulation of the pelvic floor muscles (pelvic floor stimulation) as a treatment for urinary incontinence is considered investigational.
		In summary, the evidence published to date is not sufficient to demonstrate that electrical pelvic floor stimulation results in improved health outcomes in patients with urinary incontinence when compared to either sham devices or behavioral therapy.
	www.regence.com /trgmedpol/alliedHealth/ah04.html (2008 words)

	Ob/Gyn \| Pelvic Floor Research Group
		Pelvic organ prolapse is a condition where the pelvic organs (the bladder, uterus, vagina and/or rectum) fall downward and bulge out through the opening of the vagina.
		The purpose of this study is to define the normal biomechanics of the pelvic floor and determine how birth and age alter the biomechanics of the pelvic floor.
		The pelvic floor consists of a series of muscles across the opening of the pelvis, as well as pelvic organs (bladder, uterus, and rectum).
	www.med.umich.edu /obgyn/pfrg/current.htm (1205 words)

	Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises - Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Chicago
		The pelvic floor muscle surrounds the urethra and rectum (and in women the vagina).
		Slow (Sustained) Pelvic Floor Contractions: Tighten the pelvic floor muscle and hold it for 3-5 seconds (as instructed) and then relax for 3-5 seconds.
		Women who are sexually active can contract the pelvic floor around their partners penis, and their partner should feel the contraction.
	www.nmh.org /nmh/patientinformation/pelvicfloormuscleexercises.htm (681 words)

	Pelvic floor exercises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Pelvic floor exercises are sometimes called Kegel exercises, after the obstetrician who developed them.
		Pelvic floor exercises are one of the first-line treatments for stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
		Pelvic floor exercises are best taught by a specialist, eg a continence adviser or physiotherapist.
	www.netdoctor.co.uk /womenshealth/sui/pelvicfloor_005167.htm (826 words)

	MR-Based Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Normal Pelvic Floor in Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse are importanthealth issues that affect 10 million American women at a costof approximately $10 billion annually [1].
		Conventional two-dimensional MR imagingwas used by several research groups to assess the anatomy ofthe female pelvic floor in cadavers and incontinent women [2,3,4,5,6,7].Although not yet extensively evaluated, three-dimensional (3D)imaging has the potential advantage of quantification of musclevolume.
		From these images, 3D renderings of the pelvic viscera and supportingmuscles and bones were reconstructed with the marching-cubesalgorithm and a surface-rendering method [8] (Figure 2).
	www.spl.harvard.edu:8000 /pages/papers/fielding/pelvic_floor.html (2314 words)

	Pelvic Prolapse in Urology - Pelvic Floor Digest 2005
		The incidence of de novo dyspareunia was 9% in patients with vaginal erosion and 11% in patient without mesh erosion (p=0.85).
		Baden-Walker classification grade III-IV (pelvic organ prolapse quantification [POP-Q] system stage III-IV) cystocele is associated with a constellation of abnormalities including urethral hypermobility, lateral defect, central defect, and concomitant vault and posterior wall prolapse.
		The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the anterior colporrhaphy procedure reinforced with four-corner anchored polypropylene mesh in patients with severe (stage III or IV) anterior vaginal prolapse.
	www.pelvicfloordigest.org /2005/prolapse_urology.html (2585 words)

	Pelvic relaxation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Pelvic relaxation is a weakening of the supportive muscles and ligaments of the pelvic floor.
		This condition, which affects women and is usually caused by childbirth, aging, and problems with support, causes the pelvic floor to sag and press into the wall of the vagina.
		The pelvic floor normally holds the uterus and the bladder in position above the vagina.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/pelvic_relaxation.jsp (622 words)

	Pelvic exam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A pelvic examination is a routine procedure used to assess the well being of the female patients' lower genito-urinary tract.
		Pelvic exams are useful as a screening tool for sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital warts, herpes, and syphilis.
		Pelvic exams require the patient to void prior to starting, as a full bladder can add to discomfort and make palpation difficult for the examiner.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/pelvic_exam.jsp (1792 words)

	Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor
		These are called the Pelvic Floor Muscles and they play an important role in the correct functioning of the urethra (the outlet tube of the bladder) and the rectum.
		Before starting a program of pelvic floor exercises to improve bladder or bowel control it is a good idea to talk to a doctor in case there are other factors affecting your condition.
		You should do your pelvic floor workouts once or twice per day with the objective of reaching 10 on the PFX scale 10 times with 10 second 'relaxes' between.
	www.pelvicfloorexerciser.com /page2.html (510 words)

	Home :: PelvicRehab.com :: Herman-Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute
		The Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute is the result of their vision to create an educational institution for Physical Therapists seeking to improve their practice in the treatment of pelvic floor and pelvic girdle dysfunction.
		To provide the most comprehensive, evidence-based, continuing education for the rehabilitation of the pelvic floor and pelvic girdle dysfunction resulting in the development and certification of a skilled practitioner and the advancement of pelvic rehabilitation research.
		To develop a comprehensive, evidence-based, hands-on curriculum encompassing colorectal, gynecological, obstetrical, orthopedic and urological dysfunction and rehabilitation of the pelvic floor and pelvic girdle across the female and male lifespan.
	www.pelvicrehab.com (240 words)

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