Aggravating Pelvic Floor Constipation

Irregular meals and not enough fiber in the diet.

Aggravating pelvic floor constipation.

Relaxing your pelvic floor muscles at the right time during defecation can help you pass stool more easily. Medicines such as antidepressents and opioids. Previously everyone lived by. Common causes of constipation are.

Anterior prolapse occurs when the pelvic floor becomes weak or if too much pressure is put on the pelvic floor. Your pelvic floor is the group of muscles and ligaments in your pelvic region the pelvic floor acts like a. This can happen over time during vaginal childbirth or with chronic constipation violent coughing or heavy lifting. Other health problems pelvic floor dysfunction and irritable bowel syndrome.

As a pelvic floor physical therapist the first thing i offer my patients is education. Many things may cause constipation including. Once patients with pelvic floor constipation have these basic tools they can begin retraining the pelvic floor muscles with biofeedback. Lifestyle factors such as low activity level.

Your body needs water to stay hydrated to flush out toxins and keep your colon happy. Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to control the muscles of your pelvic floor. Constipation has many causes so we need to address diet and fluid intake activity level and other habits. Biofeedback training is the treatment of choice.

When you sit on the toilet the pelvic floor muscles should relax so that you are able to empty your bladder or bowel. In a study of biofeedback for pelvic floor dysfunction compared to laxatives the usual treatment for constipation nearly 80 of people undergoing biofeedback had improvement in constipation compared to 22 in the laxative group. Some nutrition supplements such as iron and calcium. Pain medications especially narcotics antacids that contain aluminum and calcium some blood pressure medications calcium channel blockers anti parkinson drugs antispasmodics antidepressants iron supplements diuretics anticonvulsants.

The therapist guides you through exercises to alternately relax and tighten your pelvic muscles. Constipation can play a huge role in contributing to pelvic floor dysfunction. Constipation and the pelvic floor muscles. Stephanie talked about this in more detail in a previous blog post.

Lack of physical activity especially in the elderly medications e g. For a mild or moderate prolapse nonsurgical treatment is often effective. During a biofeedback session a special tube catheter to measure muscle tension is inserted into your rectum. Anterior prolapse is treatable.

Based on the principle of operant conditioning biofeedback provides auditory and visual feedback to help retrain the pelvic floor and relax the anal sphincter. Normally the pelvic floor muscles tighten to hold your urine and bowel motions in. The effect also seems to improve over time up to two years.