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Your pelvic floor is essential. Here's how to take better care of it

2025/6/16
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Marielle：骨盆底功能障碍可能导致性交疼痛、尿失禁、便秘和尾骨疼痛等多种不适症状。很多人不了解骨盆底的重要性，医生对女性骨盆底功能障碍的诊断和建议往往不足。耻辱感是人们不寻求骨盆底问题帮助的根本原因，应该从小开始进行骨盆健康教育。 Sarah Reardon：我希望人们能开始意识到骨盆健康的重要性，并主动地进行护理。骨盆底是一组肌肉，位于骨盆底部，支撑着盆腔器官，参与呼吸、支撑脊柱，并在怀孕、产后和更年期发生变化。骨盆底问题可以通过加强或伸展肌肉来解决，但这尚未充分纳入医疗体系。在美国，每个州都可以直接咨询骨盆底治疗师进行评估，无需医生转诊。骨盆底问题既有心理和情绪因素，也有生理因素，需要综合治疗。应该从小通过日常对话，用正确的名称称呼身体部位，打破对骨盆健康的沉默。

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This chapter introduces the pelvic floor, its functions (supporting organs, aiding in urination, defecation, breathing, and orgasm), and its susceptibility to dysfunction due to life changes like pregnancy and menopause. It highlights the common yet often unaddressed nature of pelvic floor issues.
  • Pelvic floor is a basket of muscles supporting internal organs.
  • It aids in urination, defecation, breathing, and orgasm.
  • It's often neglected and not well understood.

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Your pelvic floor helps with all sorts of bodily functions — it helps you go to the bathroom, breathe, and orgasm, and it supports your internal organs. But pelvic floor dysfunction can lead to painful sex, constipation, urinary leakage, and pelvic pain. In this episode, we talk with pelvic floor physical therapist Sara Reardon about how to treat pelvic floor dysfunction and the basics of keeping your pelvic floor healthy and functioning.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)