Women’s health physiotherapy can help women regain control of their bladder, their bowels and hopefully thereby improve the quality of their lives. Physiotherapy is, in fact, the first-line course of action to treat stress or mixed urinary incontinence. It can also help improve the quality of a woman’s sex life, if that’s an issue.
At Spire Cheshire Hospital we can offer a number of treatment options, including:
-
Teaching correct pelvic floor muscle exercises and designing an exercise programme to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor.
-
Bladder and bowel re-education.
-
Dietary and lifestyle advice, and
-
Where appropriate, biofeedback and electrical stimulation
We also treat women with pregnancy related musculo-skeletal problems.
We can help with any of the following problems:
- Frequency going to the toilet to pass urine (during the day and/or at night),
- Urgency - when you feel that you cannot hold on until you get to a toilet,
- Urinary incontinence - caused by stress (e.g. coughing, sneezing or laughing) or urgency or both, however mild it may be,
- Faecal urgency and/or incontinence,
- Problems controlling wind, and/or
- A prolapse, of which there are several kinds.
We have a specialist physiotherapist Sally Mundy who will complete a detailed assessment, treatment is individualised to each patient. Assessment and treatment is subject to ongoing consent, which patients are free to withdraw at any time.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the Physiotherapy department on 01925 215027