Kelly AlhooiePelviBiz, Pelvibiz · Healthcare Business Strategy Assistant

The hidden pelvic epidemic affecting every desk worker #pelvicfloor #menshealth #mensphysio

20 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this video, Kelly Alhooie highlights a largely overlooked health issue among sedentary desk workers: pelvic floor dysfunction that often manifests as erectile dysfunction (ED). Drawing on her clinical experience treating over 10,000 patients, she observes a pattern where engineers and other professionals who sit for prolonged periods frequently develop ED. She proposes that the intense mental focus on computer work creates a brain‑pelvic floor connection that weakens or dysregulates the pelvic floor muscles, contributing to reduced blood flow and erectile problems. While she acknowledges the lack of formal research, Alhooie emphasizes the practical relevance of this observation and suggests that addressing pelvic floor health can be a key component of treating ED in this population.

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For instance, we treat erectile dysfunction. Okay? Someone can come in with erectile dysfunction. It could be as simple as lack of blood flow because they're lifting maybe some heavy weights at the gym, and then they were going to sit all day long. They're engineers, and engineer brains— again, I don't have research on this, but from treating over 10,000+ patients, I can tell you if someone's an engineer and sits all day, they have a lot of times an issue with erectile dysfunction. It's not a given, but a lot of times that's the truth. And I truly believe it's how they focus on the computer and something about that brain pelvic floor connection is why they tend to have that erectile dysfunction.