Biofeedback training is the treatment of choice.
Tight pelvic floor muscles constipation.
Based on the principle of operant conditioning biofeedback provides auditory and visual feedback to help retrain the pelvic floor and relax the anal sphincter.
Working with an experienced pelvic floor physical therapist who can do transvaginal and or rectal myofascial release and trigger point release to the pelvic floor muscles can decrease or eliminate this problem altogether.
In constipation the pelvic floor muscles are tight and overactive and do not know how to relax.
Symptoms include constipation straining to defecate having urine or stool leakage and experiencing a frequent need to pee.
Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to correctly relax and coordinate your pelvic floor muscles to have a bowel movement.
In regards to outlet constipation physical therapy is a must when the muscles are responsible for the problem.
This can lead to straining during a bowel movement which causes the muscles to tighten even.
Once patients with pelvic floor constipation have these basic tools they can begin retraining the pelvic floor muscles with biofeedback.
If the pelvic floor muscles in the rectum are too tight and unable to relax it becomes difficult for stool to be passed.
For those with tension in their pelvic floor there are specific.