Urinary Incontinence Treatment Program
Incontinence is the involuntary loss of bladder control. This condition affects an estimated 13 million Americans every day. Both men and women, young and old, can experience some form of urinary incontinence that can make them feel ashamed and isolated.
Worse yet is the feeling of not having control over your own body, the feeling that somehow you can no longer depend on it functioning the way it did before. For some people it seems just too embarrassing to confide in someone about your "problem," even a health care provider.
There is no reason to feel this way. Palmetto Therapy Services physical therapists are trained to treat urinary incontinence. With the proper kind of treatment, you can take back control of your bladder.
Types of Urinary Incontinence
There are several types of urinary incontinence that benefit from physical therapy treatment:
- Urge Incontinence - People with urge incontinence lose urine as soon as they feel a strong need to go to the bathroom.
- Stress Incontinence - With stress incontinence, people lose urine when they exercise, cough, sneeze or move in a certain way.
- Mixed Incontinence - A combin-ation of both Urge and Stress Incontinence.
- Fecal Incontinence - With Fecal Incontinence the person has little or no control of their bowel movements.
Treatment Results
Your treatment may consist of the following:
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation of the Pelvic Floor (NMR)
- Using Biofeedback, pelvic floor muscle activity is measured and an appropriate rehabilitation program is devised. Biofeedback is a painless, safe and non-invasive approach to treatment of incontinence. It requires no surgery and no medication. Among patients who receive this type of treatment, 70% enjoy total symptom relief of stress, urge, mixed and fecal incontinence; and 95% show significant improvement in four to six weeks.
Behavioral Techniques
Behavior is modified based on evaluation tools such as voiding diaries, timed voiding schedules, dietary modification plans, etc.
If you suffer from incontinence, ask your doctor what physical therapy can do for you. Incontinence treatment is safe, effective and covered by most insurance including Medicare.
