women’s health

Bowel Dysfunction.

Women’s & Pelvic Health Physio Riverland can help with a variety of bowel conditions experienced across the lifespan.

Pelvic floor muscle exercises can help improve not only bladder but also bowel control. The pelvic floor is responsible for holding in stool, as well as allowing bowel motions to pass. Lifestyle changes can help to address various bowel conditions which may be impacting on your ability to complete activities of daily living and overall quality of life. 

Types of bowel dysfunction:

  • Constipation/Diarrhoea

  • Abdominal bloating/distension

  • Faecal incontinence

  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

  • Urgency

  • Frequency

  • Incomplete emptying

  • Haemorrhoids/anal fissure

  • Rectal prolapse

Management:

  • Lifestyle advice

  • Laxative advice

  • Defaecation dynamics

  • Pelvic Floor muscle training

  • Biofeedback