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Women's Pelvic Health

Bowel

Are you embarrassed by accidently passing wind or soiling your underwear?
Do you have to rush to the toilet for a bowel action?
Do you have difficulty emptying your bowel and feel like you haven’t completely emptied?

Loss of bowel control and constipation are highly distressing problems that are seldom talked about. These problems can have a huge impact on your life. You might find yourself avoiding intimacy and social situations and too worried to leave the house in the morning if you haven’t had a bowel action.  Constipation and difficulty emptying your bowel can leave you feeling bloated, uncomfortable and sluggish.

Many women experience bowel problems. You don’t have to live with it or suffer in silence. Help is available.

Common Symptoms:

•    Faecal soiling with activity or on the way to the toilet
•    Rushing to the toilet for a bowel action with an overwhelming urge to go
•    Accidently passing wind
•    Having to strain to empty your bowel
•    Having to return to the toilet soon after a bowel action to go again

Possible Causes Of Bowel Problems:

•    Pregnancy & childbirth
•    Poor pelvic floor muscle function
•    Constipation & straining/poor toileting habits
•    Poor fluid intake
•    Dietary factors
•    Radiation therapy
•    Heavy lifting
•    Ageing & menopause

How We Can Help:

Physiotherapy can help improve your bowel control and emptying so that you can get on with your life.  At Women’s & Men’s Health Physiotherapy we specialise in providing a personalised pelvic health program exclusively for you which will include a bowel management program.

What To Expect:

•    A thorough assessment to establish your goals, pelvic floor requirements and treatment plan
•    Design of a personalised pelvic floor muscle exercise program
•    Progression of your program  and application to daily activities
•    Instruction in a more effective way to empty your bowel which may include balloon therapy
•    Advice to improve stool consistency

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What Is Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy?

The pelvic floor muscles are at the base of the pelvis and attach from the pubic bone at the front to the tail bone at the back. They are like a hammock and support the bladder, uterus and bowel. They also help control the bladder and bowel and play a role in sexual function.

If the pelvic floor muscles are weak, they can contribute to poor bladder and bowel control and pelvic organ prolapse. If you are unable to relax your pelvic floor you may have problems with bladder and bowel emptying or sexual and pelvic pain.

Our specifically trained Physiotherapists will evaluate the function of your pelvic floor muscles and assess your ability to contract and relax these muscles. Pelvic floor muscle training under the guidance of a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist is recognised as an effective treatment for these problems.

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Real Time Ultrasound – A Useful Tool

We’re up to date with the latest technology which includes Real Time Ultrasound. 
This is an imaging technology that shows contraction and relaxation of deep muscles in real time and allows us to give you a more accurate assessment if required.
 
Uses Of Real Time Ultrasound

•  Your Physiotherapist may make use of ultrasound as part of your pelvic floor and abdominal assessment to ensure you’re activating and relaxing your muscles correctly

•  It may be used as a teaching tool to provide you with immediate visual feedback to improve learning and performance

•  Real Time Ultrasound can be used as a bladder scanner to assess bladder emptying
 

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549 Burke Rd, Camberwell VIC 3124
T: 03 8823 8300
F: 03 8823 8399
E: physio@wmhp.com.au

About Us

We specialise exclusively in bladder, bowel and pelvic floor problems, pelvic pain and the discomforts of pregnancy. Since 1992 we have worked with thousands of women and men to improve their wellbeing.
 
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Women’s & Men’s Health Physiotherapy acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work, the people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.