Hip, Back, & Pelvic Girdle Pain

Yes, it’s possible! Your pelvic floor muscles work closely with your core, hips, and lower back to provide support and stability for your body. If your pelvic floor muscles are tight, weak, or not functioning properly, they can cause or contribute to lower back pain, SI joint pain, and tailbone pain.

In some cases, back pain may actually be a sign that your pelvic floor is compensating for muscle imbalances or weakness in your core and hips. Pelvic floor physical therapy can help identify these connections and address the root cause of your back pain, providing a more holistic approach to treatment.

Check out these reviews from patients who had chronic back pain until they came to see us:

The main difference is that a pelvic floor physical therapist can examine and treat your pelvic floor muscles, while other providers typically cannot. This is crucial because your pelvic floor muscles might be the missing piece to your pain!

Your pelvic floor is at the center of your body, and tension or dysfunction in these muscles can cause pain in your hips and back, mimicking other conditions. If you’ve been dealing with hip or back pain for years without full relief, or only partial relief (like 80-90%), it may be a sign that your pelvic floor needs to be checked. Pelvic floor therapy takes a more comprehensive, whole-body approach to identify and address the root causes of your symptoms.

Yes! Pelvic floor therapy is the most direct intervention to treat tailbone pain. Your pelvic floor muscles attach to your tailbone, therefore when you have a tailbone injury from either a traumatic event or chronic muscle overuse injury, your pelvic floor muscles usually are one of the culprits due to this relationship between your tailbone and your pelvic floor muscles. Without assessment of your pelvic floor muscles, tailbone pain may not be properly assessed and treated.