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.
Research performed in Australia and published this year in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology shows continence physiotherapy is an effective and risk-free treatment, which should be recommended as first-line approach for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), before consideration of surgery. The ground-breaking study shows up to 84% of women with SUI can be dry with continence physiotherapy, and cure rates equal to surgery for these women.
Women with SUI typically leak urine when coughing, sneezing or during physical activities, causing significant physical and emotional impact. A year later, all those who finished treatment were followed up: 78% of those who responded were still satisfied or very satisfied with the outcome and 85% did not want further treatment.
Individually prescribed exercises help bladder problems, minimise prolapses and enhance sexual fulfilment, making life much better. Apart from exercises though, we also offer advise regarding bladder calming and traning protocols, which help you hold on when you need to go, management of persistent bed wetting, management of bowel problems, and pelvic pain.
Service for Post Operative Breast Surgery Patients
We have a specialist service for patients who have undergone oncology breast surgery for cancer. It is not unusual for these patients have a reduced range of shoulder movement and some functional limitation post surgery.
This is especially the case if there has been any surgery affecting the armpit. Physiotherapy in the form of gentle movements, massage and and self help exercise programme can make significant improvements in all symptoms.
We can offer this service to patients in both the early post operative phase and later in the more long term phase, if problems arise or recur.
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