Bed wetting, constipation and withholding in kids-with international paediatric pelvic health OT Quiara Smith
Quiara Smith is an Occupational Therapist with further speciality training and experience in paediatric pelvic health conditions. Quiara has worked in Occupational Therapy for over 13 years and currently practises from her private clinic Aloha Integrative Therapy in California.
In this episode we cover:
The top 3 presentations of pelvic health conditions in kids to her clinic: Constipation, withholding and incontinence
The common signs of pelvic floor dysfunction in children and how do we distinguish this from typical development timelines
The biggest misconceptions parents (and professionals) have about the role of Pelvic Health OT’s
The link between neurodivergence, sensory processing and continence issues
How common is faecal impaction? What are the short and long term management strategies?
Bed wetting in the preschool/ school aged child
A discussion around interoception - Can you train this? How do you train this?
We finish the conversation with Quiara’s take on how we can best support our children’s pelvic health as parents.