Pelvic Floor Exercises After Posterior Repair
Tighten contract your pelvic floor muscles as though you were trying to prevent passing gas.
Pelvic floor exercises after posterior repair. More specifically the term anterior repair refers to correction of the front wall of the vagina. The type of pelvic floor repair operation you are having or have had may be. For at least 6 weeks following surgery. You should continue your pelvic floor exercises as soon as possible after the operation and keep doing them.
Posterior repair repairs the muscles in the back wall of your vagina that support your bowel posterior prolapse. It is safe to re start pelvic floor exercises when you feel ready usually 1 to 2 weeks after surgery. Kegel exercises strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. Do not try to exercise to gain fitness e g.
By jogging power walking aerobics classes etc. The operation usually takes about half an hour. General exercises to avoid include intense core abdominal exercises high impact fitness exercises along with specific strength training exercises and techniques. Choose pelvic floor safe exercises.
It s important to note that pelvic floor physical therapy isn t always recommended before or after rectocele repair and it should be. And posterior repair refers to correction of the back wall of the vagina. If you or someone you know is undergoing this procedure be sure to be your own advocate and ask your physician and or surgeon for a referral to a pelvic floor therapist. This can usually be resolved by doing pelvic floor exercises as taught by a specialist pelvic floor physiotherapist or by surgery to support the urethra see the leaflet on stress urinary.
A strong pelvic floor provides better support for your pelvic organs prevents prolapse from worsening and relieves symptoms associated with posterior vaginal prolapse. After a large anterior vaginal wall repair some women may develop stress urinary incontinence due to the unkinking of the urethra tube from the bladder. To perform kegel exercises. Your bowel should be better supported and you should no longer have a bulge in your vagina.
See how it s done in this animation. An anterior vaginal repair if the front wall of your vagina has prolapsed a posterior vaginal repair if the back wall of your vagina has prolapsed for more information on prolapse please see rcog patient information on pelvic organ prolapse. Walking is a good form of activity as it puts little strain on your surgical repair. Continue your pelvic floor exercises as soon as possible and keep doing them for life.
Some general exercises can overload and strain your pelvic floor after rectocoele repair. Prolapse exercises ebook download now. Pelvic floor repair the most common surgery for prolapse is a pelvic floor repair which is a broad term used to describe simple surgical repairs of the pelvic floor.