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How Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Helps Fecal Incontinence

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  Loss of bowels can be quite alarming considering a recent systematic review revealed that nearly 7.7% of community adults, with no difference in gender, have fecal incontinence.2 Fecal incontinence is defined as an uncontrolled loss of stool and can have significant implications on one’s physical and psychological well being. It is associated with social isolation, anxiety, loss of employment and …

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C-section Scar Problems and Solutions from a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist

In Pregnancy/Postpartum by Shannon Pacella13 Comments

  By Shannon Pacella, DPT, PHRC Lexington   If you’re reading this, you probably know what a Cesarean birth (C-section) is,* but what you may not know is what to do once you have had one. Most women post C-section are not given much information regarding their healing incision, except to “keep it clean in order to prevent infection.”   …