Exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor during pregnancy can help with labor and delivery and postpartum recovery, prevent incontinence and reduce pain.

JLco - Julia Amaral/bigjom/Getty Images Unless you’re actively ... holding your breath to power through a challenging exercise move like a squat or deadlift has a ricochet effect on your pelvic floor: ...

In terms of when to do deep core exercise, Chellsen recommends adding them at the end of your workout. However, it’s a good idea to incorporate breathwork and pelvic floor exercises during your ...

Our pelvic floor and sexual health are more intertwined than we realise. Here, two experts explain why the two are linked, and share exercises anyone with a weak pelvic floor can use to reconnect ...

This is where kegel exercises come in. Kegel exercises, also known as pelvic floor exercises, is where you contract and relax the muscles of your pelvic floor which helps to strengthen it.

Treating diastasis recti, or the separation of your abs muscles after pregnancy, which could cause lower back pain, decreased functioning, and lower quality of life, according to a 2019 study in the ...

Especially if you had a vaginal birth, engaging in high-intensity exercise too soon is like asking your pelvic floor muscles to “do the work of a well-trained muscle when that muscle is injured ...

A weak pelvic floor is a common condition; some risk factors are age, pregnancy, chronic constipation and coughing. Working ...

Pelvic floor therapy might be the treatment you didn't know you needed for painful sex, endometriosis, and more. Here experts ...