How to Use pelvic in a Sentence
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Repeat the pelvic tuck and side bend.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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The pelvic floor is made up of slow and fast twitch fibres.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Her pelvic joint was sliding in and out of place all the time.
—Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
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Here’s what to know about pelvic floor health—and how to improve yours.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 9 June 2026
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One was shot at least twice in the pelvic area and the other was struck in the arm.
—Cathy Locke, sacbee, 3 Oct. 2017
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If that’s the case, then 2025 is the year of the pelvic floor.
—Sara Braun, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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One is at the base of the bladder and another near the pelvic floor.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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But there is often a pelvic floor component at play, too.
—Parents, 21 May 2026
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Your colon exits through the pelvic floor, Pasricha said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
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My teacher helped with my pelvic floor, and that helped in my recovery.
—Ellen O'Connell Whittet, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2021
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Swimming can also reduce joint load and ease any back and pelvic pain.
—Hannah Silverman, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
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What is pelvic floor dysfunction?
—Sara Braun, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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Keep the spine and pelvis neutral and engage your pelvic floor muscles.
—Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 12 July 2023
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Take deep breaths throughout the day to soften your pelvic floor muscles.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 June 2025
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Keep spine and pelvis neutral and engage your pelvic floor muscles.
—Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 12 July 2023
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Rest and warm compresses may also help with pelvic pain.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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Some men may notice pelvic symptoms more than others.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
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By 2014, pelvic mesh had become the holy grail of mass torts.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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One man was also thirty-five and had been shot in the leg and had a pelvic injury.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2019
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Straining to urinate places pressure on the pelvic floor.
—Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
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The pelvic injuries were supposed to keep him out of a car for the rest of last season.
—Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2018
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However, because the pelvic floor goes so deep, this can be hard to do on your own.
—Jordan Smith, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
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Gutierrez told me he was pulled from the rubble with bones in his lower back and pelvic area crushed.
—Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2020
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Other issues that arise are that the pelvic floor also weakens with age.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
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So a pelvic floor exam can happen both through the vaginal walls or the rectal walls.
—Jayme Cyk, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
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The hip muscles form part of the pelvic floor and attach closely to the groin muscles.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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This paralysis affects all or part of the trunk, legs and pelvic organs.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
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And then took a knee to his pelvic bone in a full-speed collision with the goalkeeper.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2022
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The Frog designers aren’t the first to set their sights on the pelvic exam.
—Daniela Blei, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2018
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Two officers returned fire and struck the man once in the pelvic area, police said.
—Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
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