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Mantzaris Therapy

Physiotherapy and Urinary Incontinence


The pelvic floor consists of three diaphragms. This involuntary loss of urine creates hygiene problems for patients as well as social problems. The muscles of the pelvic floor and the lumbar region have been of interest to many researchers since the 1950s. Physiotherapy is considered by studies to be the most appropriate method and treatment to treat incontinence problems.

Physiotherapy and Urinary Incontinence

There are many types of incontinence, incontinence increases with age. It affects women more than men.

Physiotherapy for urinary incontinence includes special exercises which are applied to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. In the past, this strengthening was also done using electricity such as faradism.

The aim of physiotherapy is to prevent surgical solutions by improving patients' symptoms. In many urodynamic studies it has been observed that pelvic floor exercises are quite effective in many different cases of urinary incontinence.

TREATMENTS

  • Pelvic floor strengthening kegel exercises
  • Training patients to perform the exercises smoothly
  • Biofeedback technique
  • Using a high-power electric magnetic stimulator physiotherapy machine