Pediatric Pelvic Health

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If your little one is struggling with bladder or bowel issues OR maybe you are starting to potty train and just want to do it right, we are here to help!

The pelvic floor and core play a vital role in all the above.

We will teach you strategies to use with your child to develop healthy potty habits to protect the pelvic floor muscles rid bad habits to achieve bowel and/or bladder independence.

Here are some common symptoms we will work with:

  • Urinary leakage: unable to hold pee, this includes enuresis which is inability to hold pee overnight (Bed Wetting).

  • Urinary urgency: feeling a constant need to pee, even when bladder is not full

  • Urinary frequency: peeing more often than usual

  • Urinary retention: not fully emptying bladder

  • Fecal urgency: feeling quick need to poop

  • Fecal frequency: pooping more than usual

  • Constipation/Fecal retention: unable to push out poop

  • Bowel incontinence: poop accidents

  • Pelvic pain, low back pain, tailbone pain