The Ultimate Pelvic Anatomy Resource

By Pelvic Guru | January 12, 2013 |

Articles, Links, and Videos, Oh My!

Ever wanted a resource with articles, pictures, and videos of pelvic anatomy all in the same place?

Here it is!

I’ve been putting this together for a while and am very excited to share this with you! This resource will evolve and update as new, exciting links are found. The content ranges from basic articles to in-depth anatomical reviews. Please leave a comment if you think other links or articles should be included in this resource. As always, thanks for all of the support. If you are a self-proclaimed Pelvic Nerd or just want to learn more about pelvic anatomy, I hope you enjoy! – Tracy Sher, MPT, CSCS

Female Pelvic Anatomy

Basic Information

A funny, but thorough description: Women’s Health Magazine – Female Reproductive System Explanation
Anatomy of the Female Pelvis for Dummies
Muscles of the Pelvic and Perineum, Origin, Insertion, Action, and Nerve **Great info to know!

The images below are part of Pelvic Guru’s original illustration collection. Access to the full-sized version without watermarks is shared with all of the members of our Global Pelvic Health Alliance Membership (GPHAM). If you interested in illustration access or want to learn more about the most comprehensive pelvic health directory in the world, please visit join.pelvicguru.com/gpham.

Beyond Basics

Abstract: Neuroanatomy of the female abdominopelvic region. Pelvic pain syndromes.
Standardization of Terminology of the Pelvic Floor: (c/o Herman and Wallace):
Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor and Stress Continence System
Female Pelvic Floor Anatomy: The Pelvic Floor, Supporting Structures and Pelvic Organs
Abstract/Shortened Version: Facts and Myths about the Pelvic Floor
Functional anatomy of the pelvic floor
Slideshare Presentation: Anatomy of Female Reproductive System
An excellent set of videos and information- AnatomyZone Tutorials: The Female Reproductive System

Male Pelvic Anatomy

Basic Information

WebMD Male Reproductive System
A funny, but thorough male description: Women’s Health Magazine and the Male Reproductive System
Anatomy of the Male Pelvis for Dummies

Beyond the Basics

Full Access to the Video Library for the International Academy of Pelvic Surgery. Videos include detailed anatomy and surgical procedures of the pelvis. * You must sign up for free to gain access – it’s worth it!
Abstract: Dynamics of Male Pelvic Floor Contractions with US Imaging
Neuroanatomy of the male pelvis in respect to radical prostatectomy including three-dimensional visualization

Yoga and Pelvic Anatomy

One of the BEST sites ever for combining yoga and anatomy. Great posts on the diaphragm, labral tear prevention, and the piriformis. The Daily Bandha
Yoga Anatomy Visualization – Check out the anatomy pants – hamstrings, glutes. Well done!

Links to Pictures

Pudendal Hope Website- Anatomy Section

Anatomy Book Recommendations

- The Pelvic Floor

- Woman: An Intimate Geography

- The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health

- Petals

- Come As You Are

Additional Video Links

Transgender and Nonbinary Pelvic Anatomy Discussion and Communication Ideas

If you are interested in more pelvic health education, please see our online platform, Pelvic Guru Academy for some amazing courses!

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58 Comments

Heather Edwards on January 12, 2013 at 7:23 pm

An absolutely beautiful piece of work! This will be crazy useful. Thanks, Pelvic Guru!

- Pelvic Guru on January 12, 2013 at 7:26 pm
  
  Thanks for your comment, Heather! I’m so glad you see the value!
  
  - Dr Stephen Eppel, Cape Town SA on February 24, 2013 at 12:56 am
    
    High Ms Pelvic Guru,
    
    Great information, Wonderful pics and graphics. I am urologist with interest in pelvic pain and pelvic organ dysfunction. Emphasize conservative approach, starting with patient information. So…. I’m looking for really nice animations/cartoons on bladder and rectal function with neuro-anatomy and dynamic pics of storage and voiding. What say you ? Steve
    
Amanda Fisher on January 12, 2013 at 9:01 pm

Love love love this email! I am a pelvic nerd! Thank you!
Amanda Fisher

Sent from my iPad

- Pelvic Guru on January 12, 2013 at 9:14 pm
  
  Amanda- I’m so glad you love it! Thanks for commenting! That’s the goal – to get the Pelvic Nerds to say YAY…and the Pelvic Novices to become interested in becoming Pelvic Nerds!
  
Pelvic Guru on January 12, 2013 at 11:29 pm

I’m thinking about adding more MRI and CT anatomy. What do you think? Any other requests?

Sue croft on January 13, 2013 at 3:15 am

Hi Tracey What a lot of work and great resources- well done! Also thought I’d mention Pelvic Floor Recovery books as patients resources for therapists to help back up their treatment sessions with their patients. The ebook of Pelvic Floor Recovery Essentials is about to be released. Sue Croft

- Pelvic Guru on January 13, 2013 at 9:44 am
  
  Thanks for your response, Sue! I’ll check that out. Thanks for all your contribute to our field as well!
  
Tiffany Lee on January 15, 2013 at 10:51 am

Hi Tracy! What a wonderful resource! I teach BCB-PMD courses for BCIA, and I am always looking for great resources to give our course participants. I will also add your link on my website http://www.pelvicfloorbiofeedback.com. Thanks for your passion and helping others become even better PF therapists! Tiffany Lee MA, OTR, BCB-PMD

Pelvic Guru on January 15, 2013 at 1:02 pm

Tiffany- Great! I’m glad this is helpful. Thanks for sharing this and for what you do too!

Anonymous on January 16, 2013 at 1:53 pm

awesome! I cant wait to check out the lnks to this!!!

Michelle on January 16, 2013 at 3:42 pm

Awesome job creating this fabulous resourse for pelvic Physical Therapists and also to use for patient education!

Pelvic Guru on January 16, 2013 at 5:15 pm

Michelle – I am thrilled to know that this can be a resource for healthcare professionals AND patients.

np on January 18, 2013 at 9:34 am

What a great resource! This will be very helpful when helping others with doing kegels. Thanks!

BrendaJane Garlick on February 5, 2013 at 8:43 pm

Wow! Thank you very helpful

- Pelvic Guru on February 5, 2013 at 8:46 pm
  
  You are welcome! I’m glad you like it!
  
Ms. Roxi (@Red_Thistle) on February 18, 2013 at 9:16 am

Amazing! Thank you so much for this resource,

- Pelvic Guru on February 20, 2013 at 10:05 pm
  
  Ms. Roxi – thanks for your comment!
  
Anonymous on February 19, 2013 at 9:25 pm

I plan to participate in a pelvic floor dissection next week. I am looking for anatomy illustrations to take along thanks

- Pelvic Guru on February 20, 2013 at 10:04 pm
  
  Excellent! I’m glad this is helpful.
  
Anne Frye on July 22, 2013 at 1:07 pm

I have a new 3D female pelvic soft tissue anatomy DVD that has recently been released. I looked everywhere on the site for a way to contact you directly about getting it listed here but could find no direct email address. How do I go about getting it listed? You can check out what I have to offer at the following link: http://www.midwiferybooks.com/3d-pelvic-anatomy-dvd.html

Thanks!!

Anne Frye

- Pelvic Guru on July 22, 2013 at 1:44 pm
  
  Thanks, Anne! It is now visible in the comments section and I can add it to the pelvic anatomy resources in the near future.
  Regards,
  Tracy
  
  - Anne Frye on July 23, 2013 at 2:50 pm
    
    Dear Tracy, Sure would be nice to have a direct email address for you that wasn’t so public to discuss logistics, but in the resources list I would like to post an explanation of what my DVD offers and a picture of the cover or even a small slide-show if I can figure out how to do that. What format does that need to be in? Just to be clear (although if you visited my website your probably figured this out already), this is an item I have for sale so I am not sure what your protocols are about announcing such things on this resource list. Thanks for your quick reply.
    
  - Anne Frye on July 23, 2013 at 8:01 pm
    
    please see my other post, I didn’t see this reply arrow to your comment before I sent it. Thanks. Anne
    
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Vanita Gaglani on August 31, 2013 at 11:21 am

Tracy ,
This is awesome. You are the best
vanita

- Pelvic Guru on August 31, 2013 at 11:54 am
  
  I’m glad you like it, Vanita!
  
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Reblogged this on Pelvic Guru ™ and commented:

The Ultimate Pelvic Anatomy Resource post has been updated again! I’m excited to share the additional resources. I hope you find this helpful. If there are other links, videos, or research articles you’d like to see on here, place that information in the comments section.
Cheers,
Tracy

mooreamalatt on January 13, 2014 at 8:34 pm

How wonderful! I am interested in all of this as it relates to pelvic floor injuries like cystocele and rectocele specifically caused by birth trauma. I would love to find more online info alternatives to surgery. I wrote a post on the topic of basic pelvic floor health. I will go back in and add your article and some of of what is posted therein. I’d love to post my article here but it looks like I can’t post links. Natural Parent’s Network “How’s your pelvic floor?”

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  I’m not having any problems. I use Firefox. Good luck.
  
Erica van Sint Annaland on July 12, 2014 at 2:51 pm

wow, just discovered this via the WH facebook group and am now browsing through the resources while on holiday- must be a pelvic nerd then. well done for putting this all together. I can also see some resources that can be used for patient education, which is great, thanks

Anonymous on October 24, 2014 at 1:34 am

Hi Tracy! Your site is a valuable resource to the pelvic health community. I value your efforts to disseminate information to the general public and professionals! I will be referring patients and colleagues to your site!!!

- Pelvic Guru on October 27, 2014 at 1:46 am
  
  Thanks so much for your comment!
  
Anonymous on December 2, 2014 at 8:58 am

too good

Valerie Van S on January 25, 2015 at 8:21 am

Wow, what a valuable resource. I will be including some of these links on http://www.mypelvichealth.ca to help others in their discovery and treatment of pelvic floor pain issues. Again, this is just wonderful!

Ruthie on February 3, 2015 at 4:09 pm

This is an amazing resource! Thank you so much for this. An excellent addition in my opinion would be http://www.beautifulcervix.com.

- Pelvic Guru on March 30, 2015 at 5:01 pm
  
  Thank you, Ruthie! We will add it!
  
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Amy Stein, DPT on March 30, 2015 at 9:37 am

This is awesome work! keep preading the word!

- Pelvic Guru on March 30, 2015 at 5:01 pm
  
  Thanks for your support, Amy!
  
Keri Martin Vrbanac on April 2, 2015 at 9:15 am

Yeah, yeah, yeah! Love it! I am so excited to read everything! I am a true blue pelvic nerd!!

Fetske Hogen Esch on April 4, 2015 at 3:37 am

Great work and thank you for sharing. Will be very useful in our clinic but also for our students of the Master Pelvic Physiotherapy.
Love it!

Biggi on May 18, 2015 at 3:50 am

WoW! I take this with me when it’s raining during my holiday 🙂

Pat Salin Huston on June 7, 2015 at 7:50 am

This has been a terrific and unique collection of resources for anyone with a passion for pelvic health. I have come to it again for links to review prior to learning more about rehab ultrasound imaging at a course next weekend. Thanks again, Tracy Sher!

- Pelvic Guru on June 7, 2015 at 1:30 pm
  
  Thanks for your comment, Pat!! I’m so glad it had been useful!! Makes me happy.
  
Katie on August 23, 2015 at 3:45 pm

I am 35 weeks pregnant, having major pelvic pain/issues/disfunction, chiropractor helps now n then, but bubs is big, and pressure is full on, any advice? Please, in so much pain, discomfort and upset not being able to walk, bend or sleep well at all…
Regards, Katie.

- Pelvic Guru on August 24, 2015 at 7:39 pm
  
  Katie – where do you live? There’s so much a women’s health/ pelvic physical therapist can offer.
  
Brianne on August 30, 2015 at 3:01 am

Wow! So much fantastic information! Thank you to Michelle Lyons for sharing…

Dawn on February 7, 2016 at 7:26 pm

Thanks

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Candice Wiers on March 31, 2018 at 9:32 am

This website is AMAZING!!!! Thank you so much!!!

Courtney Livingston on June 29, 2019 at 10:07 pm

Such wonderful resources!! Thank you so much Tracy for putting this together and sharing it with all of us!

The Ultimate Pelvic Anatomy Resource

Here it is!

Female Pelvic Anatomy

Basic Information

Male Pelvic Anatomy

Basic Information

Beyond the Basics

Links to Pictures

Anatomy Book Recommendations

Additional Video Links

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