Area We Cover: New South Wales

Spinal Cord Injury and Bowel Management.

specialist-physician

Bowel Management is an important every day task for participants with Spinal Cord Injury. Main Changes to bowel function due to spinal cord injury occur in lower section of the digestive tract – the large intestine, rectum and anus. Changes to the nerve supplying the muscles of large intestine wall result in a decreased push effect in the bowels.