When women—runners or not—hear “pelvic floor,” their minds likely go straight to kegel exercises. And that’s no surprise, really, given the history: A doctor in the 1940s, Arnold Kegel, worked with ...

From not treating your rectum as a storage facility to weight lifting, experts offer advice on how to maintain a healthy pelvic floor for longer ...

Mara Santilli is a freelance writer and editor who covers women's health, wellness trends and topics related to health equity. She's contributed to Women's Health, Marie Claire, Shape, Cosmopolitan, ...

When the pelvic floor is working well, we tend to take it for granted, says Dr Ekene A Enemchukwu.Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images The pelvic floor is an essential but often overlooked and ...

Kegels, the toning and strengthening exercise for your pelvic-floor muscles, are having a bit of a moment, even though they’re an old-school exercise. But there’s one very important set of muscles you ...

There’s no question that childbirth changes you in myriad ways. But there are certain aspects of post-childbirth life that you don’t have to simply accept as status quo, like a weakened pelvic floor ...

The pelvic floor is a group of muscles that support the pelvic organs, including the uterus, bladder, vagina, bowels, and ...

If you’re not familiar with the pelvic floor, it’s important to get acquainted. This area of the body is instrumental in daily function of key organs like the bladder and bowel, and most notably the ...

If you’re older than 40, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard about kegels, an exercise done to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. Maybe one of your friends has told you that she does kegels ...