Hey all. I’ve been seeing a biofeedback nurse as was diagnosed with anismus/dyssynergia this year.
the nurse does a physical exam to see how tight the muscles are, and instructs me to extend my belly to relax them when having a bowel movement. So I went away for a month trying to do this technique and after seeing her again, she said stick with it for another 2 months and come back.
Is this normal practice for biofeedback?
I had assumed I would be having regular sessions with a biofeedback device or something. I asked her if I should be doing pelvic stretches and she said yeah it would be good, but she didn’t bring up stretching at all on her own account. I guess that’s more physical therapy than biofeedback territory?
Thanks
I'm new to this group, and have been dealing with this for a year now.. I have a lot of issues pushing stools, and have to press it out or use enemas.. I also have some days where I cant tell if I have poop inside of my rectum, which is bad. I talked with my doctor about it, and we ran a few tests. Hope I get results, but are there any affective home treatments for this? I know about biofeedback therapy and kegel exercise, but what else could help?
Hi, everyone. I want to share my story and maybe find a solution to my problem. Please share your experiences if you’re going through something similar. And if you’ve solved the issue, please share, that would give me hope.
I’m a 25 years old female, I’ve been struggling with dyssenergic defecation/pelvic floor dysfunction (I can’t pass stool) for the past 3-4 years. And l developed internal prolapse. I had reconstructive pelvic floor surgery about a year ago at UCLA (they used mesh to reinforce the weakened muscles), but that didn’t help. I’ve been using stimulant laxitives and 2 quarter enemas daily for the last three years (but even when I do enema or take laxitives I can barely pass anything), and now my digestive system is not functioning at all. And my prolapse is back. I can barely live my life like this to be honest, and I’m really praying for a solution.
If you know any programs that work specifically with this type of issue or if you have any ideas that might help, please let me know.
And I’d love to hear some stories from people who have been through this, let’s support each other, cause it feels so isolating, and I feel like I’m the only one who’s dealing with this.
Thank you.
After weeks of dealing with my pfd related constipation.. I think I have finally figured it out and I am eager to share this (before I leave this app) bc I know how depressing and devastating this can be and it's super hard to find answers on the internet and I know this will give hope and make a lot of difference to those who suffer from this type of rare condition.
So out of nowhere this just suddenly happened to me and I did not even know that there's a thing called pelvic floor dysfunction until I experienced it.. My symptoms were so weird and I totally felt like I'm impared.. I could not even pass soft stools and I even had to strain a lot just to pass liquid stools.. This is crazy.. And my mind could barely handle this situation. I lost a lot of weight and I didn't even want to eat anymore.. I spent lots of time searching for answers on the internet and I'd end up reading horror stories which freaked me out even more. I wanted to give up.. And I believe it was God or my guardian Angel who helped me through this journey bc I really learned a lot from this and it made me a lot better in terms of wellness.
I don't want to make this super long, so my rectal doctor who has pelvic health background checked me anally and confirmed that I have this paradoxical/obstructive dysynergy.. thank God, this doctor/surgeon took me seriously and gave me lots of info about this and she gave me hope that this can be reversed. That hope gave me strength to cure myself and here are the things that helped me and I believe will help you too. I'm 100% symptoms free now, maybe in the near future it may come back but atleast I now know how to address it.
- stretching - while I was spending time researching, all those success stories I had read have something in common they all did "stretching (with consistency)" which were designed for pelvic floor muscle tension and they all persevered, some of them took several weeks some of them took several months of perseverance.. If u do these stretches for a few days or a few weeks and u don't find it works then don't stop.. Keep doing it...going into a PT for 2 times a week is not enough without daily stretches.. I had quit going to PT and just decided to do my daily stretches and it worked as in I'm a 100% symptoms free now! I highly recommend "letting go exercise" that were mentioned in the book called heal pelvic pain by Amy stein. I find them more effective than others, they're designed to strengthen the surrounding
I’ve read some journal articles on this topic but wondering what has helped you.
I have had anismus symptoms for about 8 years now, with water leakage (water filtered out from stool impaction) almost on a daily basis, sometimes several times a day, it creates a bad odor and im nose blind to it unless it's quite bad. I can feel the muscle quiver and it's tenfold when I'm nervous which is almost always followed by gas leakage or water leakage. So i don't really leave the house except for errands.
It's so debilitating that I'm telling my g.i. next month that i'd like to just get a colostomy bag and forget a diagnosis even, the process of getting diagnosed has been too long to bare, I guess I'm wondering if anyone out there has found 100% resolution to their odor and leakage issues, even a 90% resolution over a year of therapy and i think i'd still rather have a colostomy.
Is this something that takes years of therapy just to start seeing results?
31 yo male, history of constipation. slow transit constipation and anismus, going to try biofeedback soon. anyone had this and got advice?
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