Beyond reports recommendations consequences prevention experts strain and Beyond

Doctor busts common myth about pelvic floor issues - and warns of health issues

Reading now: 650
dailyrecord.co.uk

For many us, small tweaks to our everyday lives could help prevent many health issues and avoid visits to the GP - from switching to a healthier diet, changing up our workout routine or taking more vitamins.

However, if you're a woman, you can also add pelvic floor exercises to the list - and one doctor is urging women of all ages to start doing them, the Mirror reports.

Dr Susanna Unsworth, an NHS menopause and women's health expert, says starting the exercises early is key and will help to avoid issues caused by a weak pelvic floor.

Busting the myth that the practice should only be done by older women, she said: "Your pelvic floor is made up of a collection of muscles and like any muscles, if you don't use them, they're going to become weak."I think we often think about pelvic floor issues as being in older women and women who've had babies and, yes, they are more at risk because once you've had a baby, that extra weight put on your pelvic floor, and particularly if you've had a vaginal delivery is going to have an impact on it so it's not going to be as strong as it was.

Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA