Many people with Interstitial Cystitis (IC) suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction. This can lead to urinary issues, constipation, pressure and pain in the pelvic region, and lower back pain. By strengthening the muscles in this region, pelvic floor therapy helps to restore normal function.
A good number of patients with Interstitial Cystitis suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction.
Dr. Bhavti Soni, a Pelvic Health Specialist, indicates that people with IC can benefit from pelvic floor therapy.
Dr. Soni is a pelvic health expert and has been practicing pelvic physical therapy for over 12 years. She has extensive education in pelvic health and has been part of expert panels, global conferences and pelvic health courses where she teaches other Pelvic PTs. She worked in New York City with leading pelvic pain specialists for 4 years before moving to New Jersey in 2018.
Dr. Bhavti Soni who is a pelvic health physical therapist, practicing in Warren, New Jersey (USA), owner of the pelvic physical therapy clinic named “Pelvic Elements.” The clinic is dedicated to various pelvic health conditions. Dr. Soni states that the anatomy of the pelvic floor is relevant to IC. It is known that the bladder does not exist in isolation and is surrounded and connected by pelvic floor soft tissues, various other nerves in the pelvic floor and the bladder is supported by the muscles. These muscles control the functions of the bladder. Any dysfunction of such pelvic floor muscles causes the symptoms of IC such as urgency, frequency, nocturia, back pain, and pelvic pain.
Dr. Soni talks to her patients to get an understanding of the pain referral patterns from the pelvic floor muscles to in trapelvic and extra pelvic sites. Pelvic floor physical therapy has the most promising outcome for IC. It is important to find a Pelvic physical therapist who has experience and expertise to treat a complex pelvic condition.
Many people with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) and their physicians are turning to physical therapy to help ease IC/BPS symptoms and pain.
TREATING INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS 