Can pelvic floor therapy help with constipation?

Yes — and It Might Be the Missing Piece You’ve Never Been Told About

Constipation isn’t just frustrating — it’s uncomfortable, exhausting, and for many people, chronic.
If you’ve tried:

• Drinking more water
• Eating more fibre
• Taking laxatives or stool softeners
• Tracking every meal like it’s a lab experiment

…and you’re still having trouble going regularly, it’s time to look somewhere no one talks about:

👉 Your pelvic floor.

Yes — the same group of muscles that controls peeing, sex, and posture also plays a huge role in your ability to poop.
At YFS (Your Form Sux), we treat the pelvic floor as the missing link in so many constipation cases — especially when everything else has failed.

First: What Does the Pelvic Floor Have to Do with Constipation?

Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles that sit at the base of your pelvis — like a hammock that supports your bladder, uterus/prostate, and bowel. It’s also home to the muscles that control defecation — the process of relaxing and pushing out stool.

If those muscles aren’t functioning well, you can end up with:

• Incomplete evacuation (you feel like you didn’t finish)
• Straining to go
• Pain or pressure when you try
• The feeling of “clenching” or “holding in”
• Bloating or discomfort, even with normal diet

In many people with constipation, the pelvic floor is too tight, uncoordinated, or unable to relax — and you can’t push against a closed door.

How Pelvic Floor Therapy Helps with Constipation

Here’s what we do at YFS (and what actually works):

• ✅ Assess your pelvic floor tension + control
  Some people are overactive and don’t even know it. We check how your muscles behave at rest, with breath, and during pushing.
• ✅ Teach you how to relax — not just push
  Most people try to strain harder. We teach you how to breathe properly, engage your core, and time your pushing with your pelvic floor release.
• ✅ Retrain the “poop reflex”
  Sometimes, your body loses coordination between your diaphragm, core, and pelvic floor. We rebuild those reflexes with movement, breathwork, and manual therapy.
• ✅ Address posture + toilet mechanics
  Yes, how you sit matters. We’ll coach you on squat positioning, foot support, and habits that either help or block your body’s natural rhythm.

What About Kids or Postpartum Clients?

Pelvic floor therapy is incredibly helpful for:

• Children with chronic constipation (in collaboration with pediatric care)
• Postpartum parents who lost pelvic coordination or are scared to push
• People with prolapse who feel pressure or blockage when trying to go

We meet you where you’re at — zero shame, no judgment, just clear coaching.

Will I Need Internal Work?

Not always. Internal assessment can help us understand what’s going on, but it’s 100% optional and based on your comfort.

We also use:

• External palpation
• Breath training
• Manual therapy
• Real-world movement drills

…to get the same results, especially in early phases.

Final Word: If You’ve Tried Everything Else, Try This

Constipation is more than diet or fibre. It’s a whole-body coordination issue — and pelvic floor therapy gives your body the tools it actually needs to function.

At YFS, we treat this with compassion, science, and straight-up honesty. Because there’s nothing weird about wanting to poop normally.

Tired of the bloat, the strain, the struggle?
Book a pelvic floor assessment at YFS and let’s get your system moving again — literally.