What are the treatment methods for pelvic floor spasm?

Patient's question:

What are the treatment methods for pelvic floor spasm?

Doctor's answer:

1. General treatment
Includes relieving patients' psychological stress, regulating diet and bowel movements, and increasing the intake of rough fiber in the diet. Drink plenty of water regularly, and may use small amounts of physiological saline enemas when necessary. Avoid long-term and large-dose use of laxatives.
2. Electromyography (EMG) biofeedback therapy
Utilizes pressure measurement and electromyography equipment to enable patients to visually perceive the functional state of the pelvic floor muscles during defecation, "learning" how to relax the pelvic floor muscles during defecation while increasing intra-abdominal pressure.
3. Surgical therapy
For patients with significant pelvic floor muscle hypertrophy, marked anal canal elongation, and ineffective conservative treatment, partial puborectalis muscle resection may be performed.