Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to exert control over the weak pelvic floor muscles. Female pelvic floor dysfunctions are multifaceted conditions affecting women’s health, often requiring a comprehensive approach involving various healthcare specialists. To diagnose pelvic floor dysfunction, healthcare providers may ask about your health history, symptoms, and perform both internal and external exams to assess the functioning of the pelvic floor muscles. More frequently found in women than men, there are a number of reasons for this condition, and there too are a range of treatments to remedy and manage this condition.
Understanding pelvic floor dysfunction
The pelvic floor functions as a sling and helps to support the pelvic organs located in the pelvis such as the rectum, bladder, prostate, and uterus. When the pelvic muscles are contracted and relaxed, they play a crucial role in muscle coordination and impact symptoms related to bowel and bladder control, allowing for control over bowel movements, urination, and in women, sexual intercourse.
Symptoms of certain types of pelvic floor dysfunction: pelvic organ prolapse
- Problems with urination
- Excessive urge to urinate
- Overactive bladder, characterized by a sudden, strong urge to urinate
- Leaking when sneezing, coughing or laughing
- Pain in the lower back
- Stress urinary incontinence: By age 80, a significant number of women will undergo surgical interventions related to stress urinary incontinence. Pelvic floor muscle training can lead to significant improvements in symptoms for affected individuals.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Treatment
Pelvic floor treatment with TeslaFormer is aimed at targeting strengthening weakened pelvic floor muscles. Pelvic floor disorders (PFD) often require a multidisciplinary approach involving specialized healthcare providers such as urologists and urogynecologists to manage complex interrelated symptoms, including urinary, sexual, and bowel dysfunctions. Pelvic floor muscle training, which involves individualized exercise programs, can also be an effective treatment. Pelvic floor exercises, such as Kegel exercises, can help strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and improve symptoms, but it is advisable to seek an expert for treatment with this condition.
Pelvic Floor Treatment options also include:
- Medication: After exploring pelvic floor physical therapy. Your therapist or doctor can prescribe you some muscle relaxants to aid the symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction or incontinence. These relaxants will help prevent your muscles from contracting.
- Self-care: Stress can play a part in our body. There are relaxation techniques like stretching and yoga that will help with pelvic floor relaxation.
- Non-invasive: TeslaChair pelvic floor strengthening treatment uses Functional Magnetic Stimulation (FMS), to cause muscle contractions to the area to strengthen and tone pelvic floor to treat incontinence.
While pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence often cause discomfort and disruption to daily life, it can be treated successfully with the correct remedy.
Can you help me strengthen my pelvic floor? Start by booking in a consultation with one of our body experts to see if TeslaChair Pelvic Floor Strengthening is right for you.
