Pelvic Health Physical Therapy for Men
When a man is experience changes or difficulties in the pelvic region, it often takes a lot of courage to seek care. Please see your doctor if you are experiencing changes in bladder, bowel or sexual health. Once you have been examined medically, you can seek pelvic health services to address the pelvic floor. This is not always done directly (which would be a rectal examination and release of pelvic floor muscles), but can often be treated indirectly with exercises and manual therapy to hips and low back regions. You will talk to the physical therapist about your symptoms and which treatments will be best for you.
Male Urinary Incontinence
Men do not typically experience leaking of urine as they age, but men often experience prostate changes that may lead to urinary incontinence. Stress urinary incontinence in men is sometimes related to removal of prostate tissue to treat cancer or benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). If you are leaking urine with coughing, sneezing, changing positions, lifting, or any regular physical activity, pelvic floor physical therapy can help you find your pelvic floor muscles and train them to activate more naturally during tasks around the home or at work.
Male Pelvic Pain
This can be pain with erection, pain with ejaculation, pain with sitting, or pain with activity. It is often associated with urinary changes like urgency or frequency. It can present as testicle pain, groin pain, low abdomen pain, or penile pain and usually needs to be examined medically before seeking pelvic floor physical therapy. If your medical doctor has ruled out cancer or other medical reasons for the pain and you still have pain, you may have a tight pelvic floor. Physical therapy for pain involves looking at muscles, joints and nerves in pelvic floor, hips, and back regions and correcting any spasms or tightness found at your evaluation.