Pelvic Floor Therapy for Women: Why is It Important?
The pelvic floor is a fibro-muscular structure that plays a very important role in a woman's life: it supports the pelvic organs (bladder, uterus, and rectum), guarantees urinary and fecal continence and plays an important role in sexual activity and reproduction. Rehabilitation of the pelvic floor consists of a conservative treatment, which can be performed in all phases of a woman's life, both in the presence of symptoms and problems relating to the pelvic floor, and as prevention, especially during pregnancy and post-pregnancy. One aspect of rehabilitation that is often overlooked, if not ignored, is that of pelvic floor rehabilitation. It is a very important structure as it takes part in activities such as urinary and fecal continence and affects the sexual sphere. By pelvic floor we mean the tendon muscle structure that closes the pelvis caudally, forming a sort of inverted dome. Having a good muscle tone of this structure is the basis for the prevention of pelvic dy