Sitz baths, which involve sitting in a warm tub of water for 10 to 15 minutes several times a day, are often recommended by healthcare providers for hemorrhoids, but a meta-analysis was unable to find any strong evidence for improvements in pain or healing time. Regardless, people using a sitz bath often reported finding it soothing, and there is no apparent harm from the practice.[1]
Pelvic floor physiotherapy may play a role in improving long-term outcomes for recurrent hemorrhoids for people with dyssynergic defecation, which is a pelvic floor dysfunction that can make bowel movements difficult. However, most of the research in this field has been related to anal fissures rather than hemorrhoids.[2]