Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and pelvic floor dysfunction feed off each other. Reduced sunlight lowers serotonin, which drops your pain threshold and increases muscle guarding in the pelvic floor
If you’ve ever laughed too hard and leaked a little urine, or found yourself wincing during intimacy, you might have brushed it off as just another quirk of being a woman, or getting older, or having kids. I’m here to tell you something important: you don’t have to accept these symptoms as your new normal
Pelvic floor physical therapy helps endometriosis-related pain by releasing chronically tightened pelvic muscles and calming an overactive nervous system
Your body just accomplished something extraordinary, and the recovery process that follows can be just as demanding as the birth itself. When pelvic floor symptoms enter the picture, that recovery becomes even more complex, and here’s why.
Stress triggers an automatic muscle response called the pelvic stress reflex, causing your pelvic floor muscles to clench without you realizing it.