If you feel like you’re always planning your day around the nearest toilet, you are not alone. Overactive bladder (OAB) affects both women and men and can significantly impact confidence, work, social activities, and sleep. Yet many people assume it’s just “part of getting older”...
Hard Flaccid Syndrome (HFS) is a little-known but deeply distressing condition affecting men’s pelvic and sexual health. Despite growing awareness, many men feel confused, isolated, or even frightened by their symptoms and can often wonder if something is “permanently damaged” or if their sexual function...
Stress affects the body in various ways, from headaches and fatigue to digestive issues. However, one area often overlooked is the connection between stress and pelvic floor health in men. Chronic stress can contribute to tightness in the pelvic floor muscles, leading to discomfort, pain,...
Many people immediately think of weightlifting, sprinting, or intense cardio workouts when considering ways to enhance athletic strength. However, a crucial aspect of optimising athletic performance lies within a lesser-known group of muscles—the pelvic floor. For male athletes, strengthening these muscles through pelvic floor training...
Demystifying Recovery from Robotic Prostate Surgery: Insights from a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist Facing robotic prostate surgery raises understandable concerns about potential challenges like incontinence and erectile dysfunction. As a pelvic floor physiotherapist, I’m here to debunk common myths, present the latest evidence, and underscore the critical...
Prostatectomy, the surgical removal of the prostate gland, is a critical treatment for prostate cancer. However, it often brings significant side effects that can profoundly impact both physical and mental health. Post-surgery depression, erectile dysfunction (ED), and urinary incontinence are common hurdles that many men...
Post-micturition dribble and urethral milking are two common issues that many individuals, particularly men, encounter but often overlook. These problems can significantly impact daily life and even hint at underlying pelvic floor dysfunction. As a pelvic floor physiotherapist, it's crucial to shed light on these...
Stress Urinary incontinence (SUI) is leakage of urine with any intra-abdominal force/pressure. Unlike its name suggests it is NOT leakage of urine with stressful relationships, deadlines or emotional stress etc. It is about the physical stress imposed on the bladder directly. These stresses include coughing, sneezing,...
A number of bowel complaints: bowel urgency, faecal or anal incontinence, constipation, irritable bowel disease, and rectal prolapse, are amidst some of the many bowel problems both women and men are struggling with today. Statistics on Faecal Incontinence Statistics Faecal incontinence affects 6% of Australian men...