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Pelvic health guides

• Tailbone Pain (Coccydynia): Symptoms, Causes & PT Treatment

  Coccydynia is pain at the tailbone (coccyx), typically worse when sitting, leaning back while seated, or rising from a chair. It often follows a fall onto the tailbone, childbirth, or prolonged sitting, though sometimes there's no clear cause. It's not usually serious and responds well to cushioning, posture changes, and physical therapy — including pelvic floor work, since those muscles attach near the tailbone. Persistent pain after a fall should be evaluated to rule out a fracture.

• Ab Separation After Pregnancy (Diastasis Recti): Symptoms, Causes & PT Treatment

  Diastasis recti is a widening of the gap between the two halves of the "six-pack" muscles along the midline of your belly, very common during and after pregnancy. It can cause a lower-belly bulge or "doming," a feeling of core weakness, and sometimes back or pelvic discomfort. It's not a tear or hernia, and most cases improve with progressive, well-chosen core and pelvic floor rehab rather than crunches. Surgery is rarely needed.

• Do I Need Physical Therapy for Pelvic Floor Problems?

  Consider pelvic-health physical therapy if you have leaking, pelvic pain or pressure, postpartum recovery needs, or core problems that have lasted more than a few weeks or limit your daily life. See a doctor first for red flags like blood in the urine, pelvic pain with fever, new loss of bladder/bowel control with numbness, or — after childbirth — heavy bleeding or severe pain. In most U.S. states you can see a PT directly.

• Tight Pelvic Floor (Hypertonic Pelvic Floor): Symptoms, Causes & PT Treatment

  A hypertonic (overactive) pelvic floor is when these muscles stay too tight and can't fully relax, which can cause pelvic pain, urinary urgency or frequency, constipation, incomplete emptying, and pain with certain activities. Crucially, Kegels and strengthening often make it worse — the floor needs to learn to relax ("down-train"). Pelvic-health physical therapy that focuses on relaxation, breathing, and coordination is the right approach and helps most people.