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Can a pelvic floor muscle strain be felt around the anus area? please tell me what i need to know about a pelvic floor injury from work outs. thanks.

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Yes: Check with your family doc or gyn as well, but you can get a thorough evaluation from a women's health physical therapist as well. Check here: www.Womenshealthapta.Org/plp/index.Cfm in the interest of full disclosure, I am a lung doctor, but my wife is a pelvic therapist.

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Answered 4/15/2014

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