What can happen if your pelvic floor becomes weak?

Common signs that can indicate a pelvic floor problem include:

• accidentally leaking urine when you exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze
• needing to get to the toilet in a hurry or not making it there in time
• constantly needing to go to the toilet
• finding it difficult to empty your bladder or bowel
• accidentally losing control of your bladder or bowel
• accidentally passing wind
• a prolapse
  • in women, this may be felt as a bulge in the vagina or a feeling of heaviness, discomfort, pulling, dragging or dropping
  • in men, this may be felt as a bulge in the rectum or a feeling of needing to use their bowels but not actually needing to go
• pain in your pelvic area, or
• painful sex.