Pelvic Floor Therapy for Men
We can already hear your sigh of relief! This is because we hear it every day on the phones when patients call looking for help and realize they finally found the place.
Care for men isn't an afterthought here!
You've probably called all of the clinics in town; many will say they don't treat men. Others may say they don't normally treat men, but they can try. At Pelvic Pride we don't 'try' to treat men, we do it successfully.
Our team has undergone training above and beyond the pelvic floor foundations to ensure we can get to the bottom of your symptoms - not just adapt our treatment for women to help out men.
Didn't know men had pelvic floors? Learn more by reading our blog post here.
So what can we help?
While men may deal with all the usual issues like urinary leakage, constipation, and pelvic pain; they also have their own diagnoses that take advanced understanding. No matter what brings you in, we will always do a thorough assessment from head to toe to identify all contributing factors to your symptoms. This allows us to treat you holistically and ensure we aren't missing anything.
Common issues we help men with include:
- Groin pain/hip pain
- Hard flaccid
- Painful ejaculation/erection
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD)
- Post-prostatectomy
- Post void dribble
- Premature ejaculation
- Priapism (erectile pain, painful erection)
- Proctalgia Fugax (Rectal pain, anal pain, butt pain, butthole pain)
- Prostatitis
- Pudendal neuralgia (pudendal nerve pain)
- Scar tissue after vasectomy
- Sexual trauma/medical trauma
See our FAQs below for the ENTIRE list!
Frequently Asked Questions
What all can you help men with?
Of course!! And if you don't see it here just give us a call to see.
- Abdominophrenic dyssynergia (APD)
- Anal prolapse
- Anorectal spasm (spasm in rectum or anus)
- Bowel frequency (frequent need to have a bowel movement)
- Bowel urgency (sudden need to have a bowel movement)
- Chronic pelvic pain syndrome
- Coccydynia (tailbone pain or injury)
- Constipation
- Diastasis Recti (DRA)
- Dyschezia (constipation)
- Fecal Incontinence (bowel leakage, fecal leakage, fecal smearing)
- Frequency of urination
- Groin pain/Hip Pain
- Hard flaccid
- Interstitial cystitis (painful bladder syndrome)
- Nocturia (voiding at night)
- Painful ejaculation/erection
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Pelvic floor weakness
- Pelvic girdle pain (pain in the pelvic region)
- Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder
- Post-prostatectomy
- Post void dribble
- Premature Ejaculation
- Priapism (erectile pain, painful erection)
- Proctalgia Fugax (Rectal pain, anal pain, butt pain, butthole pain)
- Prostatitis
- Pudendal neuralgia (pudendal nerve pain)
- Recurrent UTI (urinary tract infection)
- Scar tissue post vasectomy
- Sexual trauma/medical trauma
- Stress incontinence (leakage with cough, laugh, sneeze)
- Urge incontinence (leak with big urge to go)
- Urinary Hesitancy / Voiding Dysfunction (difficulty urinating)
- Urinary Incontinence
- Urinary urgency (strong need to urinate)
Do you perform internal exams with male patients?
Yes, we do internal assessments with all of our patients (with enthusastic informed consent, of course) as long as it is indicated during our assessment.
An internal assessment for those with a penis occur intra-rectally by placing a gloved, lubricated finger into the rectum to assess the deeper pelvic floor muscle layers. This gives us very useful information about your pelvic floor and can help guide our treatment.
If that doesn't sound like something you want to do, no sweat! We still have plenty of tools in our toolbox to help you find relief. You can always change your mind later!
Is pelvic floor therapy awkward?
We sure hope not! We do our best to help you feel comfortable & informed throughout each visit to make it less 'awkward'. You will be draped (covered up) the whole time and we only touch the tissues we need to assess. Don't forget, we treat pelvic floors ALL day so this is totally normal for us!
