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Are you leaking urine when you cough, sneeze, laugh, or exercise?
Are you experiencing pelvic pain, pressure, or heaviness that makes daily activities uncomfortable?
If any of these sound familiar, you are not alone, and you do not have to manage in silence. At Genesis Physiotherapy, our pelvic floor physiotherapy Calgary helps you understand what is happening in your body and gives you practical, effective tools to address it.
Pelvic floor dysfunction is far more common than most people realize. Many women accept these symptoms as a normal part of aging or motherhood, but they are not something you simply have to put up with. With the right pelvic floor physiotherapy support, real improvement is possible.
The pelvic floor is a set of muscles and supportive tissues at the bottom of the pelvis. These muscles help support the bladder, bowel, uterus, and surrounding pelvic organs. They also contribute to bladder control, bowel function, sexual function, posture, breathing, and core stability.
A healthy pelvic floor needs to do more than tighten. It must also relax, lengthen, coordinate with breathing, and respond to changes in pressure during coughing, lifting, exercise, and daily movement.
Pelvic floor dysfunction can happen when these muscles are:
Pelvic floor physiotherapy Calgary helps identify these patterns and build a practical treatment plan.
Pelvic floor concerns can arise at any point in a woman’s life, not just during or after pregnancy. At Genesis Physiotherapy in Calgary, we support women through every stage:
Pelvic floor physiotherapy Calgary is not only for women. Men have a pelvic floor too, and when it is not functioning well, it can affect daily life significantly. At Genesis Physiotherapy in Calgary, we support men dealing with:
Your first appointment at Genesis Physiotherapy begins with a thorough one-on-one assessment.
Many people have heard of Kegel exercises, but research shows that more than half of people are not able to correctly contract the right muscles based on written or verbal instruction alone. Our physiotherapists assess your pelvic floor function and teach you exercises that target the correct muscle groups in a way that is right for your body and your specific condition. For some people, this means strengthening; for others, it means learning to fully release and relax.
Hands-on treatment may include soft tissue work around the hip, lower back, and pelvic region to address related muscle tightness, joint restriction, and postural imbalances that contribute to pelvic floor symptoms. Scar tissue mobilization is also available for those recovering from perineal tearing, episiotomy, or cesarean section.
Biofeedback uses real-time information, delivered through a screen or sound, to show you whether you are contracting or relaxing the right muscles. This is particularly helpful for people with incontinence, pelvic pain, or difficulty coordinating pelvic floor activity during functional tasks like standing, sitting, or lifting. Biofeedback removes the guesswork and makes your training significantly more precise.
Behavioural strategies play an important role in recovery. Our physiotherapists provide structured bladder training to help you extend the time between bathroom trips, manage urge sensations, and improve overall bladder capacity. For bowel concerns, retraining strategies focus on timing, positioning, and coordination of the pelvic floor with effective bowel emptying.
When pelvic floor muscles are very weak, exercise alone may not be enough to activate them effectively. Electrical muscle stimulation gently reminds the muscles how to contract. As function improves, your physiotherapist progressively adds strengthening exercises to build on that foundation.
What you do between sessions matters as much as what happens in the clinic. We provide guidance on fluid intake, dietary factors that affect bladder and bowel function, safe lifting techniques, postural adjustments for feeding and carrying, and breathing strategies that support pelvic floor recovery.
In many cases, pelvic floor physiotherapy Calgary is covered under extended health benefit plans that include physiotherapy services. Coverage varies by provider, so it is helpful to confirm the following before your first appointment:
Our administrative team can help with receipts, coverage questions, and direct billing where available.
At Genesis Physiotherapy, we believe true recovery considers the whole person, not just the body, and not just the mind.
Pelvic floor dysfunction is common, but it is not something you have to accept as permanent. At Genesis Physiotherapy, pelvic floor physiotherapy Calgary focuses on comfort, control, strength, relaxation, and practical improvements in daily life.
Our physiotherapists are ready to listen, assess your condition without judgement, and work with you on a personalized program to restore function, reduce discomfort, and rebuild your confidence in your body.
Call us today at 403-453-2420 or book your appointment online. We look forward to supporting your recovery.
Pelvic floor physiotherapy supports muscles and tissues involved in bladder control, bowel function, sexual comfort, core stability, and pelvic support. Treatment focuses on strength, relaxation, coordination, breathing, movement, and practical daily strategies.
The pelvic floor supports the bladder, bowel, uterus, and surrounding structures. It also contributes to continence, sexual function, breathing, posture, core control, and pressure management during coughing, lifting, exercise, and movement.
People with pelvic pain, bladder leakage, urgency, constipation, prolapse symptoms, painful intercourse, postpartum concerns, post-prostate surgery leakage, core weakness, or difficulty relaxing the pelvic muscles should consider an assessment.
No. Pelvic floor physiotherapy supports women and men. It addresses bladder leakage, bowel concerns, pelvic pain, post-surgical recovery, sexual discomfort, pressure management, and pelvic muscle weakness or tightness across different life stages.
No. Some people have weak pelvic muscles, while others have tight, overactive, or poorly coordinated muscles. Assessment helps determine whether treatment should emphasize strengthening, relaxation, endurance, timing, or improved movement control.
Kegels are one type of pelvic exercise, but they are not suitable for everyone. Some people need relaxation, breathing, coordination, or endurance work before repeated strengthening becomes appropriate.
Pelvic floor physiotherapy supports pregnancy-related pelvic pain, back discomfort, bladder leakage, pelvic pressure, mobility concerns, and preparation for childbirth. Care is adjusted to the pregnancy stage, symptoms, comfort, and medical guidance.
Timing depends on birth recovery, symptoms, and medical guidance. Early care often focuses on breathing, gentle movement, bladder habits, and comfort before progressing toward strengthening, lifting, exercise, and impact activity.
Yes, treatment supports pelvic pain, leakage, weakness, prolapse symptoms, scar sensitivity, muscle guarding, and return to exercise after vaginal birth. Care progresses according to healing, comfort, and daily demands.
Yes, pelvic floor and core concerns still occur after Caesarean birth. Treatment addresses breathing, scar mobility, abdominal strength, pelvic coordination, lifting, posture, movement confidence, and gradual return to exercise.
Yes, diastasis recti physiotherapy focuses on breathing, abdominal wall control, pressure management, posture, core strength, and gradual return to lifting, childcare, work, gym training, and everyday movement.
Bladder leakage is common after childbirth, but it should not automatically be accepted as permanent. Pelvic floor physiotherapy helps improve muscle timing, strength, breathing, pressure management, and return to activity.
Yes, change of harmones during perimenopause and menopause can influence tissue comfort, bladder control, pelvic support, and sexual function. Physiotherapy supports strength, relaxation, mobility, pressure management, and symptom education.
Your physiotherapist reviews symptoms, medical history, bladder and bowel habits, pain, surgeries, childbirth history, exercise, and goals. Assessment may include breathing, posture, core control, movement, strength, relaxation, and coordination.
No. An internal examination is not always necessary. Your physiotherapist explains available assessment options, discusses the purpose, and proceeds only with informed consent. You can pause, decline, or change your decision.
Wear a comfortable dress that allows easy movement of the hips, lower back, and abdomen. Your physiotherapist explains each part of the assessment and protects your privacy throughout the appointment.
Questions often cover bladder leakage, urgency, bowel habits, pelvic pain, sexual discomfort, pregnancy, childbirth, surgery, exercise, work, sleep, medication, and the daily activities most affected by symptoms.
Breathing, posture, abdominal pressure, and pelvic floor function work together. Poor coordination or breath-holding can increase pelvic pressure and contribute to leakage, pain, prolapse symptoms, constipation, or exercise difficulties.
Yes, bring relevant medical notes, surgical instructions, imaging reports, medication details, or referral information. These records help your physiotherapist understand your history and plan care around current precautions and goals.
Exercises may include pelvic floor strengthening, relaxation, breathing, core control, hip strengthening, mobility, balance, posture work, and functional practice for lifting, coughing, running, childcare, work, or daily movement.
Exercise frequency depends on whether muscles are weak, tight, painful, or poorly coordinated. Your physiotherapist provides a personalized schedule to prevent undertraining, overtraining, breath-holding, and unnecessary muscle tension.
Yes, most people continue exercising with suitable modifications. Your physiotherapist guides breathing, pressure management, lifting, impact activity, and gradual progression based on symptoms during exercise and afterward.
Yes, return-to-running support includes pelvic floor control, core and hip strength, breathing, pressure management, walking tolerance, impact preparation, and gradual progression based on leakage, pressure, pain, and recovery response.
Avoid repeated straining, breath-holding, forcing painful exercises, doing excessive Kegels without assessment, ignoring worsening symptoms, and returning to heavy lifting or impact activity before control and tolerance improve.
Recovery time varies according to symptoms, muscle function, pain, surgery, childbirth history, daily demands, and exercise consistency. Your physiotherapist monitors progress and adjusts treatment as comfort, control, and function improve.
Common signs include bladder leakage, urgency, constipation, pelvic pressure, painful intercourse, tailbone pain, pelvic heaviness, difficulty emptying, core weakness, and discomfort during sitting, exercise, lifting, coughing, or daily movement.
Yes, pelvic floor dysfunction often contributes to leakage during coughing, sneezing, laughing, running, jumping, or lifting. Treatment focuses on muscle timing, breathing, pressure control, bladder habits, and strength where needed.
Yes, tight or poorly coordinated pelvic muscles can make bowel movements difficult. Physiotherapy addresses relaxation, breathing, toileting position, abdominal support, movement habits, and reducing repeated straining during bowel movements.
It can contribute to pain in the lower abdomen, groin, tailbone, hips, lower back, perineum, or genital area. Treatment often focuses on relaxation, mobility, breathing, and reducing muscle guarding.
Yes, pelvic muscle tension, scar sensitivity, childbirth, hormonal changes, surgery, or nervous-system sensitivity can contribute to pain during intercourse. Physiotherapy supports relaxation, tissue mobility, comfort, and gradual improvement.
Pelvic organ prolapse may feel like heaviness, pressure, dragging, or a bulging sensation in the pelvic area. Symptoms often worsen with standing, lifting, coughing, bowel movements, or prolonged activity.
Yes, the pelvic floor works with the abdominal, hip, and back muscles. Poor coordination, weakness, or guarding can contribute to lower-back discomfort, reduced core control, and difficulty managing pressure during movement.
Male pelvic floor physiotherapy supports bladder control, bowel function, pelvic pain, sexual comfort, core stability, and recovery after prostate or pelvic surgery. Treatment focuses on strength, relaxation, coordination, and daily function.
Yes, men can experience pelvic floor weakness, tightness, poor coordination, pain, urinary leakage, urgency, constipation, and discomfort with sitting or sexual activity. Physiotherapy provides respectful, private support for these concerns.
Yes, pelvic floor rehabilitation after prostate surgery focuses on bladder control, muscle awareness, endurance, breathing, pressure management, coughing, lifting, walking, exercise, and gradual return to work and daily routines.
Yes, male pelvic pain may involve the perineum, tailbone, groin, lower abdomen, hips, or lower back. Treatment emphasizes relaxation, breathing, mobility, pain education, and reducing protective muscle tension.
Yes, urgency can relate to poor pelvic floor coordination, bladder habits, muscle tension, or post-surgical changes. Physiotherapy addresses urge control, breathing, muscle awareness, bladder training, and functional movement strategies.
Some men benefit from Kegels, especially after prostate surgery, but repeated tightening is not always appropriate. Assessment determines whether strength, endurance, relaxation, coordination, or pressure management should be emphasized.
Treatment for weakness includes muscle awareness, gentle contractions, full relaxation, endurance work, coordination with breathing, and practice during coughing, lifting, exercise, and other tasks that increase pelvic pressure.
Treatment focuses on down-training rather than strengthening. Strategies include diaphragmatic breathing, relaxation positions, gentle mobility, body awareness, soft tissue care, pain education, and reducing unnecessary muscle guarding.
Pelvic floor muscle training teaches you to identify, contract, relax, and coordinate the pelvic muscles correctly. Exercises progress according to strength, endurance, symptoms, pressure demands, and real-life activities.
Biofeedback provides information about pelvic floor muscle activity. It helps improve awareness, relaxation, timing, and coordination, especially when someone struggles to identify the muscles or understand whether they are tightening correctly.
Bladder training helps reduce frequent bathroom trips and sudden urges through scheduled habits, urge-control strategies, breathing, fluid guidance, and pelvic floor coordination. Progress is gradual and based on individual symptoms.
Bowel retraining addresses toileting posture, breathing, abdominal support, timing, hydration habits, movement, and pelvic floor relaxation. The goal is to improve emptying while reducing repeated straining and discomfort.
Manual therapy may support pelvic muscle relaxation, tissue mobility, scar sensitivity, hip tension, or lower-back discomfort. Every technique is explained beforehand and completed only with clear, ongoing consent.
Pelvic floor physiotherapy is often covered through extended health benefits, private insurance, health spending accounts, workplace plans, or accident claims. Coverage, referral rules, and annual limits vary by provider.
Many people book directly, but some insurance plans require a physician referral for reimbursement. Check your policy before attending and bring any relevant medical, surgical, pregnancy, or claim documentation.
Yes. Treatment can support sitting, standing, walking, lifting, exercise, intimacy, bladder and bowel function, and other activities affected by pelvic floor symptoms.
Choose a clinic that offers private, consent-based care, a detailed assessment, personalized treatment, and clear education. Genesis Physiotherapy provides pelvic floor physiotherapy in Calgary focused on comfort, function, and practical recovery goals.
The goal is to improve comfort, bladder and bowel control, pelvic support, muscle coordination, core function, sexual comfort, and confidence during exercise, work, intimacy, lifting, and everyday activities.
