Understanding Prolapse Types, Stages, and How Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Can Help You’ve been diagnosed with a prolapse , but you’re not exactly sure what it means or what to do about it. So you Google. While scrolling through pages and images, you read words like: bladder prolapse , uterine prolapse ,  rectal prolapse —and they each have a number? You question, “What does the number mean? This isn't an algebra class.” Understanding Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Wait! What Do You

Prolapse Physical Therapy (or pelvic floor therapy) is different from any other type of OBGYN exam and different from any other type of physical therapy appointment. There are similarities to both, but also some major and important differences.

What you’ll learn: signs of prolapse, how conservative prolapse therapy works, helpful breathing techniques, lifestyle changes to reduce prolapse symptoms, and when to see a pelvic floor therapist.

The pelvic floor doesn't work in isolation. It's role in the human body is vast and any physical or occupational therapist that treats you for pelvic floor conditions should be looking at you as an entire person: from the physical to the emotional.