Pelvic floor weakness & incontinence
Pelvic floor weakness & incontinence
- Online Physical Therapy Consultancy​ in Lahore, Pakistan
When the muscles of the pelvic floor weaken or become tight, many patients experience a range of issues including urine and fecal incontinence as well as low back pain. Patients are unable to correctly relax and coordinate pelvic floor muscles to have a bowel movement.
IMC Physical Therapy Services will assess and evaluate you to determine which muscles in your lower back, pelvis and pelvic floor are really tight and teach you exercise to stretch these muscles so their coordination can be improved.
Our team provides manual therapy to relax the pelvic floor muscles and relieve trigger points, stretching exercises that will help to reduce tightness and electrical stimulation use to help elicit pelvic floor muscle activation
Optimal Health Is Still Possible If You Pelvic Floor Weakness
Pelvic floor physical therapy is a specialized kind of physical therapy to relieve the symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction and help maintain the function and health of pelvic muscles. At IMC Physical Therapy Department in DHA phase 5, we see people who need the added support of physical therapy care to live a functional snd pain free life.
Here are answers to questions we are frequently asked about this condition.
What is Pelvic Floor Weakness?
Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to correctly relax and coordinate your pelvic floor muscles to have a bowel movement. Symptoms include constipation, straining to defecate, having urine or stool leakage and experiencing a frequent need to pee.
Who gets Pelvic Floor Weakness?
The pelvic floor can be weakened by pregnancy, childbirth, prostate cancer treatment, obesity and the straining of chronic constipation. Pelvic floor muscle changes, which can lead to issues, can be caused by pregnancy, childbirth, obesity, chronic constipation or prostate cancer surgery.
What are the causes of Pelvic Floor Weakness?
• Traumatic injuries to the pelvic area (like a car accident).
• Pregnancy.
• Overusing the pelvic muscles (like going to the bathroom too often or pushing too hard), eventually leading to poor muscle coordination.
• Pelvic surgery.
• Being overweight.
• Advancing age.
What are the Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Weakness?
• Leaking urine when coughing, sneezing, laughing or running.
• Failing to reach the toilet in time.
• Passing wind from either the anus or vagina when bending over or lifting.
• urinary issues, such as the urge to urinate or painful urination
• constipation or bowel strains
• lower back pain
• pain in the pelvic region, genitals, or rectum
• discomfort during sexual intercourse for women
• pressure in the pelvic region or rectum
• muscle spasms in the pelvis
What can our Physical Therapy Treatment do help with Pelvic Floor Weakness?
Pelvic Floor Exercises are designed to improve muscle strength. Our physiotherapist is an expert in diagnosis, assessment and treatment at our department with different techniques dependent on patient presentation including medical equipment with exercises, Trigger point therapy. Manual therapy, myofascial release and electrical neural stimulation [TENS].
Schedule an Appointment Today!
If you need Physical Therapy for Pelvic Floor Weakness, please get in touch. We can arrange an assessment with Pelvic Floor Therapist to determine the cause of your weakness and decide the best course of action, make an appointment with Prof. Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Asim at IMC Physical Therapy Department.