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It’s common after prostate cancer surgery, but pelvic floor dysfunction is treatable. Here’s how

By Lauren Ironmonger

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It’s common after prostate cancer surgery, but pelvic floor dysfunction is treatable. Here’s how

Women’s health lags men’s in many ways, but there is one area where the scales are tipped the other way: pelvic health.

“For a long time, we just applied what we knew about women … to men, and that did not work. There are similarities but there are differences,” says specialist pelvic health physiotherapist Dr Shan Morrison.

Women’s pelvic floors receive a lot of care and attention, particularly after childbirth, and rightfully so.

But it’s just as important that men pay attention to their pelvic health.