Surya Namaskar is a powerful 12-pose yoga sequence that keeps the body warm, flexible, and energetic during winter. Performed ...

New research is highlighting how men are affected by a weak or overtightened pelvic floor, bringing awareness to an issue that was previously focused on women. A weak pelvic floor in men is related to ...

The wide, basin-shaped pelvis of modern humans helps us walk upright on two legs and give birth safely to babies with large heads. Pixabay Walking upright on two legs is one of the key traits that ...

All vertebrate species have a pelvis, but only humans use it for upright, two-legged walking. The evolution of the human pelvis, and our two-legged gait, dates back 5 million years, but the precise ...

Camille Berthelot is in the Department of Genomes and Genetics, the Pasteur Institute, Paris Cité University, CNRS UMR 3525, INSERM UA12, F-75015 Paris, France. Using an exceptionally rare collection ...

Credit: Getty Images There is limited research on chronic pelvic pain in men, which delays treatment for male patients experiencing symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction. While both sexes can ...

Your pelvis is your body's unsung hero. That bowl-shaped configuration of bones in your lower abdomen is the main support for your spine and connects to the glutes, quads, core, and pelvic floor, so ...

Lumbar lordosis is when the back has an excessive curve, which may be situated just above the buttocks. This is often accompanied by lower back pain. A number of factors — from posture to pregnancy — ...

WHEN YOU HEAR “pelvic floor”—if you’ve heard of it at all—there’s a good chance you’ve written it off as something only women have to deal with, particularly after giving birth. Although that’s true, ...

The width of a person’s hips seems to be a result of complex trade-offs between the evolution of larger brains and upright walking, according to the largest study of its kind to date. “If your brain ...

When I was newly pregnant, I was first introduced to pelvic-floor exercises by my occupational therapist, Meredith Waymire. Because I have a history of low-back pain and sciatica, I hired a PT to help ...