Pelvic health physiotherapy

Pelvic Health physiotherapy is a speciality within the physiotherapy service.  We treat people with a range of conditions which may arise from pelvic floor problems.  These problems can affect people at any stage in their lives.

People may suffer with symptoms for many years, and may be embarrassed to talk to a healthcare professional about their problem. These problems can affect your quality of life, and can also impact your mental health. Although common, we don’t like to think of these conditions as normal.

The service treats on people that are not pregnant, and have not given birth in the past 12 months. If you are currently pregnant, or have you given birth in the past 12 months, please visit the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS) page.

We are here to listen, and aim to help you to understand your problem, and how physiotherapy can help. Conditions such as:

  • Bladder problems, including leakage (urinary incontinence), and having to rush to the toilet (urinary urgency).
  • Bowel problems, for example struggling to control wind or poo (anal incontinence), or having to rush to the toilet (faecel urgency).  Constipation, or struggling to pass poo.
  • Vaginal symptoms, such as feeling a heaviness or a bulge inside your vagina, or noticing a bulge outside your vagina  (pelvic organ prolapse).
  • Pelvic pain, and pain with intercourse which may be related to your pelvic floor.

Men can also suffer from a range of symptoms related to pevlic health, such as urinary urgency and incontinence, and sexual dysfunction.

Urinary Incontinence

If you have problems with controlling your wee (urinary incontinence), pelvic floor exercises can help.  Please click on the links below for more advice and information.

If you have problems with having to rush to the toilet to pass urine, please click on the link below for more advice and information

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

If you notice a bulge, or a feeling of heaviness inside the vagina, you may have a vaginal prolapse.  Please see your GP if you are not sure.  Please click on the links below, for more advice and information.

Bowel problems

If you sometimes struggle to get to the toilet in time to open your bowels, or have problems controlling wind,  please click on the links below for more advice and information. 

Please see your GP if you notice a sudden change in your bowel habits, or bleeding when going to the toilet.

For more information on bowel health, including constipation, visit the Leicester Pelvic Floor Service.

Sexual pain and pelvic pain

If your pelvic floor is working too hard, or you struggle to relax your pelvic floor, this may cause some pain with intercourse, or pelvic pain.  An assessment by a pelvic health physiotherapist can help with this.  Visit Relaxing your pelvic floor muscles, on our patient information library.

Male Pelvic Health

Men also experience pelvic health problems, such as urinary incontinence, urinary urgency, sexual dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain.  Please click on the links below for more information.