01/12/2026
✨What is pelvic floor physical therapy?
-It is a specialty in physical therapy that focuses on the pelvic floor muscles, which are involved in bowel and bladder function, sexual function, and posture.
-Men or women can suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction and can experience a variety of symptoms such as constipation, incontinence or pelvic pain just to name a few.
-An evaluation is not solely focused on the pelvic floor muscles, rather all the other joints and muscles that influence them.
-At The Pelvic Place, we focus on assessing the following things:
Note: There are other measures that are assessed, but not included in this list.
✨Movement Patterns: If you are leaking with squats or lunges or notice pain with those movements, we want to see it. This way we can identify any muscle compensation or movement pattern that is affecting the pelvic floor.
✨ Balance: Our feet set the foundation for how our body is going to react to ground forces. If your foot collapses when standing on 1 foot, then that affects how the forces are translated up the chain including the pelvic floor.
✨Breathing/Rib Mobility: If you are breathing into your chest and neck, then that can create increased pressure down into the pelvic floor, contributing to a multitude of symptoms.
✨Core/Hip Strength: How we contract our core muscles, and how strong our hip muscles are, affects the function of the pelvic floor.
✨Flexibility: Your hip rotators have connections to the muscles of the pelvic floor, and therefore the physical therapist will assess your hip mobility.
✨(optional) Pelvic Floor Exam: This exam is one of the single most important pieces of the pelvic floor evaluation. This tells the physical therapist how your pelvic floor is able to move, what the tone of your muscles are like, and also how you are managing pressure. Dr. Maggie Glaros can perform a vaginal exam, re**al exam, or both, depending on patient preference and symptom presentation. Of course, this is completely optional and should be discussed with the physical therapist.
Whew 😅 If you have made it this far and are interested in scheduling a pelvic floor evaluation or have questions, text us at 330-961-5000 or check out the link in the bio. Your body will thank you ☺️.
