Let’s be real—if you feel like you always have to pee, avoid long car rides, and have Googled “why does it burn when I pee but I don’t have a UTI?” more times than you’d like to admit… you might be dealing with Interstitial Cystitis (IC).
It’s more common than people think, and pelvic floor therapy might be the piece of the puzzle you didn’t know you were missing.
💭 So, What Is Interstitial Cystitis?
IC (also called painful bladder syndrome) is a chronic condition that causes bladder and pelvic pain, urgency, and frequent trips to the bathroom—without an infection.
Common symptoms:
- Urgency: You need to pee right now, and often.
- Frequency: You go alllll the time—sometimes every 20 minutes.
- Pelvic pain: Pressure or discomfort in your bladder, pelvis, or lower abdomen.
- Pain during sex: IC loves to crash date night. 😑
- Burning or irritation with urination—even though your doctor says everything looks fine.
It’s frustrating, exhausting, and can really impact your quality of life—especially when no one’s giving you answers.
🧠 How the Pelvic Floor Plays a Role
Your pelvic floor muscles sit at the base of your pelvis and support your bladder, urethra, and other organs. When IC flares up, these muscles often react by tightening and guarding 24/7 to “protect” you.
But that tension just makes things worse—leading to more urgency, more pain, and more bladder drama.
Pelvic floor therapy helps break that cycle.
💪 What Pelvic Floor Therapy Can Do
This is where we come in! Here’s how we help calm things down and give you relief:
✋ 1. Manual Therapy
Gentle hands-on work (sometimes internal, sometimes external) to release tight, irritated pelvic floor muscles and calm down overactive nerves.
🧘 2. Stretches + Breathing
We guide you through relaxation-focused stretches for the hips, inner thighs, and pelvic floor, plus breathwork to reduce pelvic tension (yes—how you breathe totally matters here!).
🏋️ 3. Movement & Strength
Once your symptoms calm down, we help you build strength and mobility in ways that support your bladder instead of irritating it.
🧼 4. Bladder + Lifestyle Coaching
We’ll help you understand triggers, tweak habits, and gently retrain your bladder to stop running the show.
💬 Final Thoughts
Interstitial Cystitis can feel lonely, but you’re not alone—and you’re definitely not broken. Pelvic floor therapy is a powerful, evidence-based way to take control of your symptoms and feel like you again.
Ready to get out of the bathroom and back to living your life? We’re here when you’re ready. 💜
