Bowel
How Can I Help Myself?
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Our new Pelvic Health Module is designed to give you the knowledge and confidence to manage your symptoms and live a healthier life.
This module covers:
- Female pelvic pain
- Female pelvic prolapse
- Female bladder & bowel health (including incontinence)
- Cis-female biology & anatomy
Individuals vary but it is normal to open your bowels from between three times a day, to three times a week. A normal stool is soft and easy to pass (type 3 or 4 on the diagram below).
It is useful to think of bowel management in three parts: making your stool type normal, making lifestyle changes and normalising the activity of the anal sphincter.