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MY PELVIC… WHAT?

You may have heard the phrase “pelvic floor” and have a vague idea that this floor of muscles must be “down there” somewhere, but what is it, where is it and, really, what does it do?

According to Bettina Moser, a physiotherapist based in the north of Johannesburg who specialises in women’s health and incontinence, “Your pelvic floor muscles are a set of muscles and connective tissue that span the entire bottom of the pelvis. They run from the pubic bone in the front to

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