Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for Bowel and Gut Health

Restore Your Gut and Bowel Health

Are you suffering from gut or bowel dysfunction? If so, our pelvic floor physical therapists may be able to help you regain normal function and get back to doing what you love.

Pelvic floor physical therapy can help those struggling with chronic constipation, fecal incontinence or bowel leakage, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), defecation disorders such as Dyssynergia and Paradoxical Pelvic Floor, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), hemorrhoids, and more.

Bowel Disfunction & the Role of the Pelvic Floor

The pelvic floor plays a key role in your bowel and gut health. It supports the bladder, uterus or prostate, and bowel/rectum, and helps to control when you pass urine and open your bowel. If you are suffering from pelvic floor bowel dysfunction, you may experience:

  • Fecal incontinence (a loss of control over bowel movements, resulting in the leakage of gas or stool)

  • Constipation 

  • Incomplete bowel movements

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

  • Defecation disorders (Dyssynergia and Paradoxical Pelvic Floor)

  • Visceral Mobilization for Small Intestinal Bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)

  • Hemorrhoids, fissures, and fistulas

Living with bowel disfunction can drastically impact your daily life and keep you from doing all the things you enjoy. Moreover, you may find it difficult to talk with others about it. The good news is that bowel disfunction can be effectively managed and treated with the help of a pelvic floor physical therapist.

Safely Restore your Bowel & Gut Health

If you are living with bowel disfunction, physical therapy can help improve the strength and coordination of your pelvic muscles so you can have healthy bowel movements without experiencing pain, leakage or straining.

Our Approach to Addressing Bowel Disfunction

Whole-Personal, Individualized Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy in a Caring & Safe Environment

At Pelvic Health & Wellness, our pelvic floor therapists embrace a customized, whole-body approach to assessing and treating your bowel disfunction. Typically, this includes an array of physical therapy methods such as:

  • Manual therapies including myofascial release, visceral mobilization, and abdominal massage.

  • Exercises to improve strength, functioning and coordination.

  • Realtime Ultrasound as Biofeedback to retrain the pelvic muscles and improve muscle coordination.

  • Education and relaxation techniques.

Our physical therapy sessions are all one-on-one and individualized to meet your specific needs and health goals. We are here to listen to you, get to the source of your problems, and help you take back your pelvic health!

Pelvic floor specialists explaining the benefits of using a squatty potty at Pelvic Health and Wellness

Our pelvic floor physical therapists can successfully treat:

  • Fecal or gas incontinence

  • Constipation 

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

  • Defecation Disorders (Dyssynergia and Paradoxical Pelvic Floor)

  • Visceral Mobilization for Small Intestinal Bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)

  • Hemorrhoids, Fissures, and Fistulas

  • “I used to go to have a bowel movement only once or twice a week and it was always painful. Now I go almost everyday and don’t have to worry!”

    -GM

  • "Dr. Lauryn is so great! She has been able to eliminate many symptoms of digestive distress for me very quickly. The improvement in my neck tightness has been so amazing. She uses manual techniques and also offers dry needling and cupping which I LOVE. She is incredibly sweet, easy to talk to, and professional. I highly recommend Dr. Lauryn!"

    -TT

Ready to get started?

Ready to learn more about how our physical therapists can treat your bowel incontinence and disfunction? Schedule your first appointment using the link below or give us a call at 414-214-3474.

Pelvic Health & Wellness was built with you in mind. We practice whole-person, individualized pelvic floor physical therapy in a caring and safe environment. Our therapists specialize in treating pelvic health concerns such as pain, incontinence, prolapse, IBS, SIBO, constipation, and various pregnancy and postpartum related conditions.

We understand that being ready to talk about and address your pelvic floor wellness concerns comes from a place of strength. We are here to support and encourage you on your journey back to pelvic health so you can get back to doing what you love! If you are ready to take the first step in reclaiming your pelvic health and wellness, contact us today.