Pediatric Pelvic Health Program
Did You Know?
- Constipated kids can turn into fecally (poop) incontinent adults.
- Chronic straining and bearing down can lead to incontinence.
- By age 4, 90% of children have gained control over their bowel and bladder.
- By age 6, 90% of children are dry at night.
- Junior high and high school athletes can experience involuntary leakage during sports.
- Kids with special needs have unique challenges related to their diagnosis.
We Can Help!
How Can Physical Therapy Help?
Bowel and bladder problems can be frustrating to parents and embarrassing for children.
Physical therapists are experts in muscle function, alignment and coordination.
There are muscles of the pelvic floor, core and surrounding area that help support the bowel and bladder. These muscles help to hold urine and feces in and then are used to help expel the urine and feces at the right time.
Problems can occur in children when the muscles are weak, tight, spasm or have poor contraction and relaxation.
Pediatric pelvic PT helps to retrain the systems and muscles to work properly and restore
function.
We have therapists with special training to help your child.
What to Expect
- Therapy is tailored specifically to each child following a comprehensive evaluation.
- Information and data is gathered via logs, conversations and examination.
- If needed a non-invasive external examination of the pelvic floor muscles is performed with a parent present.
- Therapy consists of education, strengthening, relaxation techniques, postural training, manual therapy and home exercises.
What to Look For
Does Your Child?
· Have wetting episodes during the day
· Continue to wet at night after the age of 6
· Have frequent urinary tract infections
· Experience urinary frequency or urgency
· Have constipation
· Have painful bowel movement
· Leak poop (encoporesis)
· Have difficulty with potty training (after age 4)
· Have pelvic pain
Pelvic health flyer (pdf)
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