What Women Should Know About the Future of Pelvic Floor Care
For women living with a leaky bladder, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary urgency, or other pelvic floor symptoms, it sometimes feels difficult to know where to turn or what treatment options to trust. Many women spend years managing symptoms quietly, receiving conflicting information, or assuming their symptoms are simply something they have to live with.
But behind the scenes, physicians, researchers, and pelvic health specialists around the world are actively working to improve the future of pelvic care, creating more consistent, evidence-based approaches designed to help women receive clearer guidance, better treatment options, and more personalized support. Including us! Check out our takeaways from a recent conference with global pelvic health experts on where care is headed and why there’s hope for those who struggle with these conditions.
A Global Gathering of Pelvic Health Experts
Recently, our founder and CEO, Stuart Hart, MD, MBA, MS, had the opportunity to participate in U-POP & LUTD 2026, a global consensus conference focused on the surgical management of uterovaginal prolapse and lower urinary tract dysfunction.
Hosted in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the meeting brought together more than 120 experts from 19 countries to discuss best practices, evidence-based treatment approaches, and the future of pelvic floor care.
The conference was organized in collaboration with leading pelvic health organizations, notably IUGA, SUFU, and AUGS, three of the world’s largest medical societies dedicated to pelvic floor health and lower urinary tract problems.
What Does This Mean for Women Living with Pelvic Floor Symptoms?
Pelvic floor disorders and lower urinary tract problems, including leaky bladder and urinary urgency, affect millions of women. Yet care can still vary significantly depending on where someone lives, what type of specialist they see, and how quickly they can access treatment.
We regularly hear from women who feel overwhelmed trying to navigate their symptoms and treatment options. Some have been told their symptoms are “normal.” Others have tried to manage symptoms on their own for years before seeking clear answers.
That inconsistency is one of the reasons conferences like this are so essential. Experts from around the world gathered to discuss:
How to improve consistency in care
Which treatments are most supported by evidence
Where gaps still exist in research
How to improve patient outcomes
What the future of pelvic floor innovation should look like
The more medical experts can align around evidence-based care, the more confident women can feel in understanding their options and making informed decisions about treatment.
“Many women spend years trying to manage a leaky bladder, urinary urgency, or an overactive bladder on their own before they ever receive clear guidance,” says Dr. Hart. “The more we can align around evidence-based care and patient-centered treatment pathways, the better experience they’ll ultimately have.”
How Is Pelvic Floor Care Improving?
As part of the conference, Dr. Hart participated in the “Creating an Innovation Ecosystem” subcommittee, which focused on how the medical community can continue advancing new pelvic floor therapies and technologies while maintaining transparency, trust, and patient safety.
The group discussed how healthcare organizations can create clearer standards around innovation and clinician involvement in research while still encouraging collaboration and progress.
We won’t bore you with the details of the highly technical frameworks discussed, such as Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), Clinical Readiness Levels (CRLs), and Level of Involvement (LOI). What’s most important is the goal behind them: helping ensure that new therapies and treatment approaches are developed responsibly before becoming part of implemented care.
Hope for the Future of Pelvic Health
Conversations like these continue to move pelvic floor care in a positive direction by encouraging collaboration, improving consistency in treatment approaches, and keeping the patient experience at the center of care.
For women living with pelvic floor prolapse, leaky bladder, urinary urgency, and other related conditions, that progress means more support, more clarity, and more confidence in the care available moving forward.