The science ties a weakened pelvic floor to excessive strain. Chronic constipation or coughing, for instance, increases abdominal pressure, stretching nerves like the pudendal nerve over time.

Lonnie Harris, a pelvic floor therapist from Arkansas, is making waves on social media with her message that women who give birth via cesarean section are not a ...

nerves, and tendons. According to the Arthritis Foundation, the hip is one of the body’s largest weight-bearing joints. It is where the thigh bone meets the pelvis to form a ball-and-joint socket.