Addressing Pelvic Pain in Older Women

Amanda Scott, OTD, OTR, BCG, CADDCT-CDP, CLT; Kristen Digwood, DPT, CAPP (pelvic), CLT; Rachel Teslow, OTDS; and Allyson Elrod-Bloom, OTDS

Scott, A., Digwood, K., Teslow, R., & Elrod-Bloom, A. (2021). Addressing pelvic pain in older women. SIS Quarterly Practice Connections, 6(3), 23–26. Twenty five percent of women in the U.S. are affected by a pelvic floor disorder (PFD; Wu et al., 2014). The prevalence of a PFD increases with age, and more than 40% of women ages 60–79 and 50% of women 80 years of age and older are affected (National Institutes of Health [NIH], 2008). The

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