Welcome to Our Children’s Continence Clinic in Adelaide
Is your child’s continence issue affecting their confidence and daily life, and you’re unsure where to turn for specialised support?
The Children’s Continence Service at myPhysioSA Pelvic Health, is run by our experienced physiotherapists Kate Phillips and Tracy Magor-Weyland
Our team are passionate pelvic floor physiotherapists with additional training in paediatric continence.
We understand the importance of working with your family to provide sensitive and supportive care, and ensure children and teenagers feel comfortable discussing their bladder and/or bowel concerns.
The team can provide you with a diagnosis, individualised treatment plan and work closely with your GP and paediatric specialists to address any pelvic health concerns.
If you need help in dealing with your child’s continence, don’t wait any longer to get help. Call our clinic today on 1300 189 289 or book online to schedule an appointment with one of our Children’s Continence Physiotherapists.
Did you know
- 1 in 5 school-aged children in Australia will suffer from persistent bedwetting
- Up to 20% of 4 to 6 year olds have bladder leakage during the day intermittently, and 3% wet during the day twice or more a week
- Young children or adolescents can experience leakage of urine during sport, coughing, sneezing or laughing
- At least 1 – 3% of school aged children experience leakage from their bowel
- Physiotherapy can help improve these problems in many cases
We can help with
- Nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting)
- Day-time wetting, urinary urgency, urge incontinence, incomplete bladder emptying
- Voiding dysfunction including urinary frequency and recurrent urinary tract infections (going often and difficulty emptying or underactive bladder)
- Encopresis (bowel incontinence, soiling)
- Constipation / faecal retention (hard stool or straining, difficulty emptying)
- General assistance with toilet training
How can Physiotherapists help
Experiencing incontinence can have significant impacts on a child’s self-esteem and may reduce their participation in social and physical activities.
Our team are experts in pelvic floor rehabilitation and managing bladder and bowel control issues in children and adolescents.
We are trained to deal with the problem sensitively and respectfully. We are conscious there are a number of conditions that can predispose children/teenagers to experience bladder and bowel concerns.
The team is understanding and experienced in working with a number of neurodiverse and congenital conditions, including children and teenagers with NDIS support.
We tailor your management program to help you and your child understand and address the specific condition. Together we can develop goals and timelines to achieve these. This often involves working as part of a team with a number of other health professionals including your child’s GP and/or paediatric specialist.
What to expect from Physiotherapy
The initial goal of Physiotherapy is to work out what may be causing your child’s incontinence or pelvic health concern, and help you and your child understand this.
Your child’s first consultation will involve a thorough assessment and a lot of questions, which enables the physiotherapist to help you set achievable goals and develop an individualised treatment program.
Assessment and treatment may involve:
- Completing a bladder and/or bowel diary
- Using abdominal ultrasound to assess your child’s pelvic floor, bladder and bowel
- Using ultrasound to help improve pelvic floor dynamics
- Education on the problems and strategies you can use to improve bladder and/or bowel control
- Information on managing constipation, including emptying strategies
- Bladder training and drinking programs
- TENS neuromodulation to help retrain the bladder/bowel
- Bed alarm therapy for treatment of bedwetting
- Liaison with childcare, kindergarten and schools
Most importantly, we will support your child through the treatment and recovery process. Managing these problems involves consistent treatment strategies at home and we can help you and your child/teenager stay motivated and focused on short and long-term goals.
