Menstrual Cup Pelvic Floor Pain

Stephanie taylor managing director of pelvic health company kegel8 takes us through how to properly use a menstrual cup.

Menstrual cup pelvic floor pain.

The chartered society of physiotherapy has revealed menstrual cups aren t safety. One woman jenny told the bbc s victoria derbyshire programme that she felt menstrual cups were responsible for her minor. Symptoms can usually be. Menstrual cups could be causing many women pelvic organ prolapse because of how the cup is removed from the vagina.

Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when the group of muscles and tissues that normally support the pelvic organs called the pelvic floor becomes weakened and cannot hold the organs in place firmly. If you have a sensitive interior the firmness of your cup may be the reason your menstrual cup hurts. The cup is too firm. A prolapse is not life threatening but it can cause pain and discomfort it continues on to read.

Make sure both your menstrual cup and your hands are clean then hold the. It can be the womb uterus bowel bladder or top of the vagina. A prolapse is not life threatening but can cause pain and discomfort. Read more about menstrual cup air bubbles.

Doing gentle pelvic floor massages can help with this. If you have a levator avulsion separation of pelvic floor muscle from the bone then you may have more difficulty keeping a cup or tampon in place because there is naturally more space down there. Our pelvic floors are never off but if we don t have the normal muscle strength and resting tone it can be hard for the muscles to keep the cup in place.