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Pelvic floor unit royal women s hospital.
It is important that all women exercise their pelvic floor muscles everyday throughout life to prevent weakness or improve strength.
Female pelvic floor dysfunction encompasses a variety of conditions such as urinary incontinence pelvic organ prolapse and lower bowel problems such as difficulty with defecation and anal incontinence.
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The openings from these organs the urethra from the bladder the vagina from the uterus and the anus from the bowel pass through the pelvic floor.
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The pelvic floor unit at the women s provides multidisciplinary assessment and treatment for women with pelvic floor dysfunction.
The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments that support the bladder uterus womb and bowel.
This fact sheet is for women who are patients of the royal women s hospital and are having an urodynamics bladder test to investigate their bladder problems.
Disclaimer this fact sheet provides general information only.
The pelvic floor unit pfu in the women s newborn health service provides care to women with urinary incontinence leakage prolapse and other pelvic floor problems.
The pelvic floor unit treats many disorders but the majority are related to pelvic floor dysfunction which causes.