Sometimes special techniques are needed to complete an effective pelvic exam particularly among patient with physical disabilities.
Pelvic floor exam video.
What to expect on your first visit at cpch.
This is another way to identify what your pelvic floor muscles are doing during specific instructions.
Internal techniques to examine the pelvic floor.
No speculum or other instruments are used during the exam.
The assessment starts with examining the muscles tissues and skin of the thighs buttocks abdomen and pelvic floor externally.
Providing that there are no reasons not to proceed with an internal exam one will be performed.
A pelvic exam involves a physician looking at a woman s vulva uterus cervix fallopian tubes ovaries bladder and rectum to spot signs of illness.
This video demonstrates various accommodations that can improve patient comfort and clinical reliability of these exams.
The transducer displays an image on a monitor.
Your pelvic floor is the group of muscles and ligaments in your pelvic region the pelvic floor acts like a.
For men this is a rectal exam.