Introduction:

Colombia is a country that faces various situations stemming from the lack of sexual education and adequate health education: cases of sexual abuse, pregnancies in girls under fourteen years old, and the incidence and prevalence of urinary incontinence due to pelvic floor involvement.

Aim:

This article seeks to account for the lack of knowledge about sexual health issues and their consequences. Also, to show the benefits that comprehensive sexuality education interventions could generate in the country. Finally, to reflect on the physiotherapist's role in the rehabilitation and prevention of pelvic floor dysfunctions in women.

Reflection:

If pelvic physiotherapy processes were incorporated as a preventive component, including sexual education, it could reduce ignorance, the risk of violation of sexual and reproductive rights, and future dysfunctions of the pelvic floor. The importance of physiotherapy´s education is that women recognize that, by increasing the strength of their muscles, they are taking care of their pelvic floor until advanced ages, in which it is estimated that the prevalence of urinary incontinence is 34%.

Conclusions:

A sexual education program taught from the curriculum could reduce the health conditions of the pelvic floor, as well as the risk factors for sexual abuse. It would also allow adequate medical support to guide the beginning of sexual life in a safe and conscious process, as well as the expression of sexuality with freedom as it is conceived as a right.

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