Men's Health

Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles, just like the ones in your neck, shoulders, or back. And like any other muscle group, it can hold tension, develop trigger points, or become overworked. Similar to when you may have experienced a pulled muscle in your neck that makes it hard to look over your shoulder, your pelvic floor can hold on to tension and tightness that causes pain when it's working to support you throughout your day. Your pelvic floor physical therapist at Sage PT will get to the root of that tightness to eliminate your pain for good, give you strategies to help you keep it away, and empower you to get back to life unlimited by pain. For men, pelvic pain can show up in a lot of ways, such as aching near the tailbone, pressure in the perineum, pain with sitting, or discomfort during sex or after exercise. These symptoms are often connected to tension in the pelvic floor muscles, poor coordination, or overactivity in the nervous system. Through pelvic floor physical therapy, we address what’s behind the pain and help restore better movement, control, and comfort. It’s not just about managing symptoms of male pelvic floor dysfunction; it’s about giving your body the support it needs to move and feel better.

When the pelvic floor isn't working correctly, this can lead to issues with one of its primary functions: bladder control. Men may suffer from difficulty starting or completing their urine stream, pain with urination, or increased frequency or urgency of urination. Pelvic floor issues can also lead to urinary incontinence (leakage) and drops of urine leaking after urination (post-void dribble). Your pelvic floor physical therapist at Sage PT will identify what is not working right in your pelvic floor and give you the tools you need to fix it.

Your pelvic floor plays a big role in having healthy bowel movements. Once stool reaches the rectum, it needs to pass through the pelvic floor in order to have a bowel movement. The pelvic floor needs to be able to stretch enough to pass the stool, strong enough to pass it, and coordinated well with the core to do all of this at the right time. If all of this isn't happening well, it can lead to painful bowel movements, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, proctalgia fugax (spasms of the external anal sphincter), and constipation. If you're suffering from any of the above, your pelvic floor physical therapist at Sage PT will identify what isn't working quite right and help you get back to normal.

Did you know that chronic prostatitis can actually be due to pelvic floor dysfunction? This condition can be painful, frustrating, and deeply impact quality of life. Once your medical provider has cleared you of an acute infection, persistent symptoms are often due to tightness and compression in the pelvic floor. Your pelvic floor physical therapist at Sage PT will identify your specific tightness, weakness, and nerve conditions to help eliminate pain and get you back to normal.

Procedures and surgeries in the pelvic region can fix many problems, but can also leave behind their own problems. Build up of scar tissue in the pelvic region can lead to pain, swelling, and mobility restrictions which can then lead to pain, bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction. Surgeries we commonly rehab include (but are not limited to): hernia repair, abdominoplasty, prostatectomy, and gender affirming surgery. Your pelvic floor physical therapist at Sage PT will use skilled techniques to alleviate post-operative symptoms as well as help you rehab back to your normal self.