The Gastrointestinal – Pelvic Floor Connection

The Gastrointestinal – Pelvic Floor Connection

A missing piece of the puzzle

A missing piece of the puzzle

Mom with constipation

Our GI Tract, bowels, and the pelvic floor work closely together to help us manage waste.

The GI tract use smooth muscle (involuntary control) and the pelvic floor uses skeletal muscle (voluntary control) to move food along the path and remove it from the body. When these are not working together you can get hard stools, runny stools, or even a mixture of both.

Our GI Tract, bowels, and the pelvic floor work closely together to help us manage waste.

The GI tract use smooth muscle (involuntary control) and the pelvic floor uses skeletal muscle (voluntary control) to move food along the path and remove it from the body. When these are not working together you can get hard stools, runny stools, or even a mixture of both.

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336-414-2050

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Pelvic floor muscles help us with control

Bowel symptoms that improve with our treatments

Bowel symptoms that improve with our treatments

Symptoms may be constant or intermittent

  • Constipation
  • Anal fissures
  • Diarrhea
  • Rectal Pain
  • Smearing or staining
  • Rectocele
  • Perineal Tears
  • Rectal organ Prolapse
  • Mixed stool (Diarrhea and Constipation)
  • Fecal Incontinence

Symptoms may be constant or intermittent

  • Constipation
  • Anal fissures
  • Diarrhea
  • Rectal Pain
  • Smearing or staining
  • Rectocele
  • Perineal Tears
  • Rectal organ Prolapse
  • Mixed stool (Diarrhea and Constipation)
  • Fecal Incontinence

Current research supports the idea that most major illnesses have a contributing factor in the GI tract. Proper elimination is a key to staying healthy.

“All disease begins in the gut”

Current research supports the idea that most major illnesses have a contributing factor in the GI tract. Proper elimination is a key to staying healthy.

“All disease begins in the gut”

Pelvic floor problems can be more than just bowel issues

Pelvic floor problems can be more than just bowel issues

Common complaints that improve with Pelvic Floor Rehab

Common complaints that improve with Pelvic Floor Rehab

Leaks, Bladder Pain, Urgency & Frequency
Sexual Problems & Genital Pain
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Pelvic Pain, Low Back, Hip & Tailbone Pain
Leaks, Bladder Pain, Urgency & Frequency
Sexual Problems & Genital Pain
Call for an appointment 336-414-2050
Pelvic Pain, Low Back, Hip & Tailbone Pain

Pooping 3 times a day is totally normal

Pooping with your knees up a little makes it easier to go

75% of your immune system is in the stomach

Facts about pooping

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Is it a bowel problem or is it just normal for you?

Is it a bowel problem or is it just normal for you?

Everyone is a bit different

Bowel problems can affect people of any age. But it is absolutely possible to learn strategies to improve your bowel health and feel better.

Bowel problems can affect people of any age. But it is absolutely possible to learn strategies to improve your bowel health and feel better.

Are these symptoms familiar?

Are these symptoms familiar?

  • You are bearing down or straining to pass stool
  • You have some bleeding when you go #2
  • You sometimes push up on the perineum with your hands to pass stool
  • You have sharp pinching or stinging at the anus when you move your bowels
  • Something is falling out down there!
  • You have tailbone pain that gets worse after a bowel movement
  • You are afraid to get too far from the bathroom

  • It feels like there is still some left in there after you poop

  • You’ve always had problems, even since you were a kid

  • You are bearing down or straining to pass stool
  • You have some bleeding when you go #2
  • You sometimes push up on the perineum with your hands to pass stool
  • You have sharp pinching or stinging at the anus when you move your bowels
  • Something is falling out down there!
  • You have tailbone pain that gets worse after a bowel movement
  • You are afraid to get too far from the bathroom

  • It feels like there is still some left in there after you poop

  • You’ve always had problems, even since you were a kid

Click here for Criteria for Constipation by the
World Gastroenterology Organization

Click here for Criteria for Constipation by the
World Gastroenterology Organization

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