Tag: fecal incontinence

Stress, Bowel Movements, and Your Pelvic Floor

Stress, Bowel Movements, and Your Pelvic Floor

Your Stress Levels Affect your Bowel Movements and Vice Versa Psychological stress affects your bowels. Perhaps you know this through personal experience, but research in the past decade has strengthened the link between stress and bowel problems including IBS, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and constipation (Chang et al., 2014). Chang et al. (2014) found that […]

Pelvic Floor Therapy for Bowel Urgency and Incontinence

Pelvic Floor Therapy for Bowel Urgency and Incontinence

Can pelvic floor therapy for bowel urgency and incontinence help you? It’s National IBS Month and our series on bowel health continues. Today’s article is for those with irritable bowel syndrome that tends towards softer stools and diarrhea (IBS-D). Most people have experienced fecal urgency at least once in their lives- the experience of rushing […]