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RINGWOOD PHYSIOTHERAPY AND SPINAL CLINIC

LEADERS IN MUSCULOSkELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPY

Women’s Health

Continence Physiotherapy

 Many women suffer a degree of incontinence during their lifetime, particularly after child birth and menopause. Incontinence can also be a problem for men, especially after prostate surgery or disease.

 

 Research has shown physiotherapy to be effective in treating incontinence in 80% of cases, therefore eliminating the need for surgery.

 

 A successful outcome using physiotherapy is dependent on the patient understanding and being able to contract their pelvic floor muscles. It is important therefore to design an individually-tailored exercise program suited to the patient’s current muscle strength, endurance and fatigability. A specially trained continence physiotherapist is required to provide expert guidance to achieve the correct technique and design the right program.

 

 Long-term success relies on maintaining a strong pelvic floor once the muscles have been initially strengthened, with regular pelvic floor muscle exercises, taking very little time, incorporated into daily living. General exercise is also encouraged, with low impact activities preferable to high impact.

 

 Ringwood Physiotherapy & Spinal Clinic offers a new Continence Physiotherapy service to men and women of all ages who may be experiencing a reduction in their control of continence or have been advised that they are developing a urogenital prolapse.