Hi all, I was diagnosed with a weak pelvic floor a number of months ago and wonder if anyone has had any success with the therapy involved. I can't leave my house every second or third day because of how many times I have to go to the bathroom. My rear end is so sore it's not funny and it's literally ruining my life. I had my original surgery in 2001, so I think my days are numbered with the pouch. Hopefully I'm wrong because I don't look forward to the surgery or living the rest of my life with a bag. Looking for any advice that I can get.
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I'm sorry you're going through this debilitating time. I also wonder if it is more than just a weak pelvic floor that is contributing to your issue?
I have never done any official pelvic floor therapy, you know, with a therapist and all that, but I find that if I do the pelvic floor exercises I find on the internet, I notice results pretty quickly. I'm 54 so building muscle isn't the easiest and muscle tissue become flaccid quickly if I don't revisit those exercises enough, so it requires maintenance. I have a million different salves for sore butt, depending on the origin of the soreness. That calmoseptine (advertised on the right of this webpage) stuff is good for sore butt caused by frequent stools, in my opinion.
Thanks Sara Marie for your come back. I just had a scope and that's what the doc thinks it is and nothing more. Upon reading what the pelvic floor therapy is all about, it doesn't really sound too appealing to me and building muscle at my age (83) is most likely impossible. Although I'm really a very young 83, work out 3 - 4 times a week going through surgery at my age might not be the best solution either. I think I'm caught between a rock and a hard place and living with a bag makes me feel sick to my stomach, although there may not be any other solution for me.
Calmoseptine is what I use constantly, it's the only thing that soothes my sore butt.
I'm glad your doc thinks it's just the one thing. I think it's difficult to build lasting muscle but not impossible. Maybe the pelvic floor exercises could become a regular every morning or every night thing? They are relatively mild exercises, and there are many to pick and choose from. It might help you avoid surgery, which I think is pretty harmful at any age. Here are some pelvic floor exercises/resources I like:
https://www.healthline.com/hea...lvic-floor-exercises
Wow, thank you so much!!!!!!!
I don't think it was the exercises that bothered me at all, it was all the other things that the PT did that was quite disturbing to me. I had some kind of a procedure done last year that reminded me of it, and it was not pleasant.
I will definitely do the one the ones that you suggested, thanks again!!!!!
Sure thing! I'll be curious to know if you notice any improvements.
I'll be sure to let you know!!
I did pelvic floor therapy and found it helpful. Learned some great exercises and also learned a lot about how my body works in general.
I have a weak pelvic floor as well and experience tremendous tightness. I find Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy to be very effective, especially if you can find someone that does dry needling of the PF. I use rectal dilators as well, which are very helpful but not fun to use.
I've posted on this site several times in the past about my butt burn, which was horrendous. After a series of seeing different doctors, one of them finally suspected that I was having allergic reactions so she sent me for patch tasting. I was diagnosed with a number of allergies (I thought I had none). I now have great skin everywhere including down under. Turns out my biggest allergy was to tomatoes and with everything coming out essentially as liquid, it was like acid releasing each time I pooped!
Hi Mary, Thanks for replying! I'm really curious what dry needling is, sounds painful, hopefully I'm wrong. I couldn't use a rectal dilator even if I tried. My bottom is ALWAYS sore, and thought of putting something up there, is horrifying to me.
As far as butt burn, I'm aware that sugar is my culprit. You'd think I'd stop eating it, but I can't stop myself, I'm so addicted. Right now, my bum is literally burning, but it's because I had leakage during the night a few times, and when that happens it eats away at the skin down there. Ah, I love this life!!!!! (not)
It doesn't feel great but neither is any of pelvic floor p/t. But the relieve is tremendous. For me, it's easier to tolerate than the internal work. It looks like acupuncture but it's not. Acupuncture is Eastern Medicine; Dry Needling is Western Medicine. Pros and cons to both. Lots of info online if you are interested.
Best of luck to you. It's awful.
I will check, thanks.....I noticed that your pouch is older than mine...I had mine done in 2001 and it's never been great. I've been on antibiotics for ages, and they work for awhile and then I get leakage at night again, so distressing. If I wasn't so old I'd have it taken out, but afraid of the surgery, and actually, yesterday was diagnosed with possible breast cancer, so I really have my hands full. UGH!!!
Oh no! I hope that you do NOT have breast cancer, Mema 1! That's just too much. I also get acupuncture for my various imbalances and it is great. I have been curious about seeing an allergist as well. I still have not. I'm not surprised about the tomatoes, Mary O. Lots of people have bad reactions to nightshades, including me. I love fresh garden tomatoes, but I still must eat them with caution and only every once in a while.
I’m actually not allergic to nightshades but rather to Balsum of Peru. It occurs in many many things, including tomatoes. Tomatoes create my number one allergic reaction and I am quite allergic to it. I was plagued with skin irritations for years (people thought I was constantly a bit sunburned- and it was the areas they couldn’t see that were really horrendous).
if you are curious at all, look up Balsam of Peru on Wikipedia.
OH wow, I looked at the wikipedia page and that is really interesting. I have never seen that particular ingredient in products but I will look for it. The wiki page makes it sound like it's not tomatoes you're allergic to, but rather an additive/flavoring used in tomato products. Is that true?
It sure is a bit complicated. It is actually tomatoes, black tea, red wine and lots of other things that can be consumed, whether one ingests it whole or as an ingredient.
Ah! Black tea and wine always makes me think of the tannins. I thought that was what caused the sensitivity, but maybe it's this other thing! If I ask for a patch test at the allergist, do they automatically test all the potential most common allergens such as this one?
I’m not experienced enough to know that but since it’s thought that 3.5% of the population has the allergy, it seems like it should. As we all know, when we have one autoimmune disease, others may sneak in there too