Incontinence can have a substantial impact on your everyday life. Not only is it frustrating and uncomfortable, but it can also result in social anxiety and low confidence, negatively affecting your general well-being.
Fortunately, practical treatments like pelvic floor physiotherapy mean that things don’t have to be this way for clients suffering from incontinence. Our talented therapists at Get Right Physio can help you get your life back on track with muscle-strengthening exercises and lifestyle changes.
Take the leap towards a healthier and happier life by arranging a consultation session with one of our physiotherapists to curb your incontinence symptoms.
Incontinence is a condition in which the body has a partial or complete lack of control over urination and defecation. This condition varies significantly between clients, as people can experience different types of incontinence, which manifest in a multitude of symptoms. Below are some of the most common forms of incontinence.
If you’ve been experiencing symptoms of urinary or bowel incontinence, it’s essential you pay a visit to your doctor right away. Your doctor will likely conduct numerous tests to confirm your diagnosis before advising you on the best treatment options available to you, one of them typically being physiotherapy.
For many clients, pelvic floor physiotherapy is among the best ways to combat both urinary and bowel incontinence. Before you begin working on a physiotherapy programme with us, you’ll meet with one of your therapists to discuss and evaluate your symptoms. This may entail physical examinations to check for the strength and tone of pelvic floor muscles and keeping a record of bladder or bowel activity.
When your needs have been established, your therapist will construct a treatment plan to reduce your symptoms. Specific pelvic floor exercises are central to each client’s programme, while additional lifestyle modifications, like eliminating alcohol or caffeine, may also feature.
Pelvic floor physiotherapy focuses on some of the following objectives for clients with incontinence:
Physiotherapy is a highly effective treatment for incontinence and allows clients to mitigate the effects of this condition on their daily lives. Additionally, pelvic floor therapy also brings with it the following benefits:
Each pelvic floor physiotherapy session will look a little different as you work your way through your individualized treatment programme, and your plan may even be continually adjusted if necessary.
Most sessions will centre around specific exercises that will help to improve the strength, endurance, and coordination of the pelvic floor. The following are examples of exercises that you may work on during some of your appointments:
Everyone’s physiotherapy journey looks a little different, but many clients begin to notice improvements from pelvic floor therapy after around 4-6 weeks. Within a few months, you’ll likely find you’ve made steady gains in your ability to control your bladder or bowel movements.
The type, severity, and cause of incontinence you’re suffering from will determine how quickly you’ll start to see results.
Pelvic floor physiotherapy alone can yield successful outcomes for some clients, while others will benefit from additional treatments to complement physical therapy.
Several medications can assist in developing bladder or bowel control and help ease symptoms, as can electrical stimulation and specialized medical devices. If numerous other treatments have been exhausted, surgery may be considered.
Some clients will need to continue to work on pelvic floor exercises throughout their lives to manage their incontinence, while others may not. Whether you’ll have to make these exercises a part of your routine moving forward will depend on several factors. Some of these include:
As discomforting and distressing as incontinence can be, pelvic floor physiotherapy can provide you with a new lease of life as it helps to regain control over your bladder or bowel function.
With our expert therapists supporting you throughout your treatment in your house or condo and continuously reassessing your needs and progress, you’ll learn exercises and techniques you can take with you and build into your daily routine.
Get to work on combatting incontinence today by securing a session with one of Get Right Physio’s professionally trained therapists.
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