The neurogastrointestinal team crafts personalized treatment plans for every patient with gastrointestinal neuromotility disorders, addressing their specific condition, individual health needs, lifestyle and goals.
Biofeedback therapy is a successful outpatient way to improve and restore bowel function for patients with fecal incontinence and constipation.
Using this mind-body technique, we can address pelvic floor dysfunction preventing normal movement through the bowels. The pelvic floor contains various muscles – from the anal sphincter at the end of the rectum which needs to relax to abdominal muscles that must contract the colon - that should move waste through the bowels.
Biofeedback therapy is a type of physical therapy that involves several visits with a specially trained therapist. Each session, the therapist monitors pelvic floor muscle activity by inserting a probe into your anus and placing sticky pads on your stomach. The therapist will then help you retrain your pelvic floor using regulated breathing and exercises to strengthen or relax key muscles.