{"id":4669,"date":"2014-06-23T21:51:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2024-06-10T01:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T23:18:32","slug":"pelvic-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/pelvic-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Pelvic Floor and What Does It Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was medically fact-checked by Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Dr. Shree Datta<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

What Is The Pelvic Floor?<\/b><\/h3>\n

The pelvic floor is the group of muscles extending from the front of the pelvis to the coccyx at the back. Imagine them like a hammock holding up the organs (the bladder, bowel, and uterus) inside the pelvis. The pelvic floor has holes for passages to pass through. In women, there are three passages: the urethra, vagina, and anus. The muscles of the pelvic floor normally wrap firmly around these passages.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Does The Pelvic Floor Do?<\/b><\/h3>\n

The pelvic floor plays a number of vital roles in women\u2019s everyday health and wellbeing. It supports the organs that rest on it. Having strong pelvic floor muscles is essential to the pelvic floor\u2019s function in maintaining continence as part of the urinary and anal sphincters. Although we can\u2019t see them, we have conscious control over these sphincters so that we can control when we go to the toilet.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pelvic floor also plays a role in sexual function; when you orgasm, the pelvic floor muscles contract rhythmically. During pregnancy, the pelvic floor supports the extra weight of the baby, and then it helps in pushing the baby through the vagina during childbirth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Intimina\u2019s Medical Advisory Board chairperson, Dr. Debra S. Wickman, explains more about the pelvic floor in the following video:<\/span><\/p>\n