Pelvic Floor And Constipation

This video teaches you a natural method of constipation relief that stops straining.

Pelvic floor and constipation.

Biofeedback training is the treatment of choice. Straining with constipation can cause pelvic floor problems including pelvic organ prolapse incontinence pelvic pain and pelvic floor weakness. When constipation is a problem there are two main reasons for it. Treatment for slowed movement of the colon is usually laxatives and drugs to move your colon.

Constipation has many causes so we need to address diet and fluid intake activity level and other habits. So when on the toilet the pelvic floor muscles are creating a serious kink on the rectum and it s very difficult to push the bowel motion out without straining pain or causing anal fissures little tears in the anus. In constipation the pelvic floor muscles are tight and overactive and do not know how to relax. As a pelvic floor physical therapist the first thing i offer my patients is education.

Weak pelvic floor muscles may also lead to prolapse of one or more of the pelvic floor organs. Lack of physical activity especially in the elderly medications e g. This technique is an effective way of relaxing your pelvic floor avoiding straining and relieving constipation. Chronic constipation can cause stretching of the pudendal nerve due to prolonged and repetitive straining leading to pelvic floor weakness secondary to nerve damage.

Irregular meals and not enough fiber in the diet. Chronic constipation can weaken the pelvic floor muscles in men and women. One of the most common versions of this issue is called a rectocele which occurs when there is a kind of hernia bulge in the colon. Large babies and forceps use can increase the damage.

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. Slow movement of the colon and pelvic floor dysfunction. Constipation also creates more pressure on the bladder and urethra which may cause. Chronic constipation is frequently a cause of damage to the pelvic floor muscles and fascial support ligaments.

For women childbirth is the most common cause of damage due to the strain and stretching that is involved. This condition occurs when the pelvic floor muscle which supports the vagina uterus rectum and bladder becomes weakened over time causing the pelvic floor to bulge out. Once patients with pelvic floor constipation have these basic tools they can begin retraining the pelvic floor muscles with biofeedback. Common causes of constipation are.