There are over 1,000 sex toys for humans, but none more mysterious than the pelvic floor. Most people don’t even know it exists. Recently, sex toys designed to “tighten” a woman’s vagina have become all the rage, but when it comes to the pelvic floor, there’s a lot more to consider than just a good sex toy. Not that using sex toys to live a healthy life isn’t a good enough reason in itself (don’t let anyone tell you it isn’t). In fact, a healthy and toned pelvic floor supports the urethra, bladder, colon, vagina, uterus, cervix, and rectum, and helps stabilize the pelvis. It’s often overlooked, but it’s an important part of muscle mass, and if you don’t pay enough attention to it, its strength will decrease. The pelvic floor keeps everything we hold dear in life from falling apart, yet we rarely hear about it from our gynecologists because of it.
It’s barely on his radar. But seriously, who wants to wear incontinence pads or have to undergo surgery? When I was having all the symptoms of recurrent/ongoing yeast infections and bladder infections but my doctor couldn’t find any infections, I panicked and thought I’d never have sex toys again. Eventually, with the help of a pelvic floor therapist, I found out my problem wasn’t an infection, but a mechanical one. I had been using sex toys for my pelvic floor closed.
I was so drawn to it – mostly due to stress and anxiety – that my sex toys mimicked the symptoms of an infection. With the help of sex toys, I was able to avoid the symptoms by stretching and tightening my pelvic floor as needed. It’s a true story, and apparently a widely circulated one. Obstetricians and gynecologists who specialize in female pelvic health often see young women who suffer from tight pelvic floors. They either have their own sex toys which are common, since mainstream porn culture constantly teaches us that we need to be “sexy”) or they continue to carry stress there, or both. The problem can also be the result of trauma or sex toy abuse. A pelvic floor that is too tight can cause pelvic or tailbone pain, hip, bowel, or bladder problems, or a variety of sexual dysfunctions that doctors usually have little or no idea about, and are often referred to as sex toys in general.
