Brittany Mahomes warns moms to ‘take care of your pelvic floor’ after childbirth- suggesting she FRACTURED her back because of injury to muscles in the private part

Brittany Mahomes has sounded the alarm about lasting pregnancy side effects after suggesting that weak vaginal muscles led to her back fracture.

The 28-year-old wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suggested her fracture stemmed from pelvic floor muscles that became strained from giving birth to the couple’s two children, three-year-old Sterling and one-year-old Bronze.

She wrote on Instagram: ‘Just your daily reminder: Once you have kids please take care of your pelvic floor.

‘Seriously. From: A girl with a fractured back.’

Brittany is just one of millions of women who suffer pelvic floor injuries or dysfunction after childbirth, as experts estimate one in three have this complication.

The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments that support a woman’s bladder, uterus, and bowel. In men, the muscles support the bladder and bowel.

Lower back pain or injury is often associated with the pelvic floor as the pelvis supports the lower back.

The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments that support a woman’s bladder, uterus, and bowel. For men, the muscles support the bladder and bowel.

They help stabilize the core and regulate things like urinating, defecating and sexual function.

Over time, these muscles can be damaged by straining to go to the bathroom because of constipation, obesity, pregnancy and childbirth.

Urinary incontinence is a common symptom for postpartum women because their pelvic floor muscles weaken as the baby descends into the vaginal canal before birth.

Other symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, according to the Mayo Clinic, include frequent trips to the bathroom, straining during bowel movements, having to frequently start and stop while peeing, painful urination, and pain in your lower back, pelvis and genital regions.

Continued straining of a weakened pelvic floor could even lead to serious injuries like Brittany’s back fracture, but doctors say that is relatively uncommon.

The pelvic floor is connected to the lower back and each bone is linked by a network of ligaments and tissues. With the stress childbirth puts on a woman’s body, this delicate system can become compromised and unstable, possibly resulting in a back injury.

Exercises known as Kegels have been shown to reduce symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction and strengthen the group of muscles and ligaments.

Normally, Kegels are done by lifting and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles for a few seconds at a time several times a day. One way to identify your pelvic floor muscles is to stop urinating midstream.

However, Mayo Clinic warns against doing Kegels if you have recently strained or injured your pelvic floor, such as from a fracture or childbirth.

To measure the status of a woman’s pelvic floor, some doctors perform biofeedback during Kegel exercises.

This involves placing a sensor in the vagina to measure which muscles you’re contracting when you squeeze and how strongly you’re squeezing.

Some gynecologists have even recommended women with pelvic floor issues use a vibrator to strengthen those muscles.

Dr. Alexandra Dubinskaya, a gynecologist at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, conducted a sweeping analysis of studies on the benefits of vibrators for female sexual health.

She told Yahoo: ‘Vibrator use has a positive effect across multiple domains in the female sexual response cycle, such as a decrease in time to achieve an orgasm, facilitate multiple orgasms and improve sex-related distress.

‘Moreover, the use of vibrators leads to an improvement in urinary incontinence and pelvic floor muscle strength as well as vulvar pain.’

Vibrations stimulate the pelvic floor muscles and activate them, improving tone and strength.

They also increase blood flow to the muscles, which promotes post partum recovery and helps repair tissue.