Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a serious obstetric emergency that occurs when the fetal shoulders fail to deliver after the head has emerged during the second stage of labor. This condition can result in ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- It's a mysterious condition often linked to childbirth that causes distress and discomfort and requires surgery for more than 200,000 women a year - but there's no good way to ...

Neurogenic bladder dysfunction, such as detrusor muscle hyperactivity and dyssynergia with the external urethral sphincter (EUS), are common long-term consequences affecting the wellbeing of patients ...

The obturator nerve is a large, multibranched nerve that travels through your pelvis to your inner thigh. This nerve helps you feel sensations like temperature and pain in your lower limbs. It also ...

A Bosque Farms woman is sexually aroused, 24 hours a day, due to a terrible accident. It sounds strange, but it is no laughing matter.In October 2007, three weeks after Joleen Baughman had brain ...

For 11 years, I dealt with pain that got worse and worse. At one point, I became bedridden and my husband had to take care of our twins. In 2022, a pelvic-pain specialist found that I had a compressed ...

Are you paying attention to your pelvic floor health? The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and nerves that form a "supportive hammock" from the back, through the tailbone, lower abdominal area and ...

Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) occurs when the muscles and nerves in the pelvis don’t work as they should. The pelvis is the ...

In a severe traumatic pelvic fracture, the sheering forces of the trauma or pieces of the broken pelvic bones can lacerate or tear the urinary system. This type of trauma can range in its severity and ...

Pelvic floor exercises may help constipation. Pelvic floor exercises help strengthen the pelvic floor, which may help support bowel movements. Issues with the pelvic floor muscles and nerves may cause ...