Pubococcygeus

Looks like

A main part of the pelvic floor, running from the back of the pubic bone to the tailbone around the urethra, vagina and rectum.

What it does

Supports the pelvic organs and helps control urine and stool.

Keeping it well

Often stretched or torn in childbirth; supervised pelvic floor exercises improve leakage. Persistent incontinence deserves a referral.

Related conditions

• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• Botulism
• Chronic constipation
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Prostatitis & pelvic pain
• Rectal prolapse
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus
• Vulvodynia and vaginismus