Serving San Jose & Bay Area
Male Pelvic Health Physical Therapy
Pelvic Floor Therapy for Males in San Jose
Many men experience, pelvic floor problems, but never talk about them. Symptoms like pelvic pain, urinary dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, or discomfort after prostate surgery are often treated as isolated issues. In reality, they frequently involve the pelvic floor muscles, nervous system, and surrounding organs. At Optimize Pelvic Health in San Jose, our therapist evaluate the pelvic floor is part of the entire body, including the nervous system, movement patterns, and surrounding organs that influence how the pelvic floor functions. Men often arrive after months or even years of symptoms without answers. Our goal is to identify what is contributing to the problem and create a clear path towards improvement.
Symptoms of Male Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Men often seek pelvic floor physical therapy when experiencing:
- Chronic pelvic pain or pressure
- Pain in the testicles, perineum or pressure
- Urinary frequency or urinary urgency
- Pain with sitting
- Groin or hip pain that has not been resolved with traditional PT
Conditions We Treat in Men
Our clinic works with men who have been diagnosed with:
- Prostatitis
- Post-prostectomy
- Pudendal neuraglia
- Coccydynia
- Levator Ani Syndrome/Proctalgia Fugax
Our Approach to Male Pelvic Health
At Optimize Pelvic Health, we take a whole body approach to pelvic floor therapy. The pelvic floor is the only group of muscles to have direct nervous system input from the stress nerves, which means stress and hypervigilance can directly impact how the pelvic muscles behave.
- Stress nervous system patterns
- Organ related guarding impacting the pelvic floor
- Pelvic floor muscle tension, strength and coordination
- Hip and back mechanics
- Breathing, core and bowel mechanics.
Optimize Pelvic Health is the only clinic in the Bay Area that has a systematic way of assessing if stress is impacting your pelvic floor symptoms. When organs are stressed, the surrounding muscles guard and create tension to protect them. This can limit the pelvic floor’s ability to relax, stretch, coordination and strengthen appropriately.
By addressing these contributing factors, we can tailor treatment to address the drivers of the symptoms rather than the symptoms themselves.
What to Expect in the First Visit
Every visit, including the initial evaluation is a private one-on-one appointment.
We begin by discussing your symptoms, medical history and how they affect your daily life.
The evaluation may include:
- Movement and posture assessment
- Breathing assessment
- Assessment of back and hips
- Internal pelvic floor assessment (with consent)
If an internal pelvic floor assessment is recommended at the evaluation, your therapist will explain why and obtain consent.
Many men are relieved to learn that pelvic floor therapy involves multiple treatment approaches beyond Kegels.