Pelvic Floor Muscle Assessment: "FIVE STEPS"
"5 STEPS" DIAGNOSIS:
1️⃣ S - LOOK (perineal examination)
2️⃣ T - TEST (Valsalva maneuver with straining)
3️⃣ E - TEST AGAIN (cough test for urinary incontinence)
4️⃣ P - PALPY (determine turgor, tone, and strength of muscle contraction)
5️⃣ S - SYMPTOMS
✔️frequent genitourinary infections (cystitis, thrush)
✔️urine leakage during coughing, sneezing
✔️weak or splashing urine stream
✔️reluctance to have sex, dry mucous membranes, insufficient lubrication, pain or gurgling sounds during intercourse, lack of Orgasms
✔️Anal fissures, hemorrhoids
✔️Painful, irregular periods
✔️Pelvic varicose veins, leg swelling
✔️Prolapse of internal organs
✔️Lower back and pelvic pain
✔️Protruding lower abdomen
✔️Diastasis recti
✔️Flabby inner thighs
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