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Managing constipation and
incontinence |
 One
woman in 5 over 40 years of age has constipation.
She has a slow, difficult bowel habit or strains at
stool.
One person in 10 over 40 years of age has incontinence
of faeces and or wind.
Both of these bowel difficulties may relate to pelvic
floor muscle weakness.
Understanding how the gastrointestinal tract works and
how our pelvic floor muscles contribute to good bowel (&
bladder) function is the first step to tackling these
two common problems.
A Gastroenterologist and a Physiotherapist have collaborated to produce
a book
that may be helpful.
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Dr. Robyn Nagel
graduated in Medicine at Melbourne University in 1977.
She obtained her specialist qualification in 1984 and
has been practicing clinical Gastroenterology since that
time. She spent 5 years post graduate study in England
and has been in private practice Toowoomba Queensland
for the past 12 years. She is a member of the Royal
College of Physicians , Australian Gastroenterology
Society and the Continence Foundation of Australia.
She provides the following services:
Specialist Consultation in Gastroenterology and
Hepatology Upper and Lower Endoscopy (diagnostic and
interventional) E R C P (diagnostic and interventional)
Oesophageal and gastric 24hr pH monitoring Small Bowel
Capsule endoscopy
Mrs. Shirley Owen graduated in Physiotherapy from
the Queensland University and obtained postgraduate
experience in Australia, England and Denmark.
In 1972 she joined a private practice in St. Vincent's
Hospital Toowoomba and became responsible for the
Obstetric and Gynaecological patients in that practice.
When Pauline Chiarelli introduced Australian
physiotherapists to the physiotherapy management of
incontinence in women, Shirley visited her and became
inspired to set up her own women's health practice, “The
Toowoomba Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Clinic” in 1982.
She was a founding member of the Continence Foundation
of Australia in 1989 and maintains close links with this
organisation. She treats and advises young adolescent
females who suffer from a range of problems from
bedwetting and soiling to stress incontinence, as well
as adult women who suffer bowel and bladder dysfunction.
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