Musculoskeletal Training and Rehabilitation

Pelvic Floor Analysis

Millions of women worldwide suffer from accidental leaks evoked by activities such as sneezing, coughing, laughing, lifting or exercising, this is a medical condition known as stress urinary incontinence, or SUI. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is the most commonly used physical therapy treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence.

A number of risk and contributing factors in the development of SUI have been suggested over the last decade and include childbirth, obesity, pelvic organ prolapse or chronic coughing. Although there is no research evidence, it is thought by many that lack of general fitness and persistent heavy lifting tend to result in the weakening of the pelvic floor.

This condition can and does have a high impact on a persons work life, social and home life, both for men and women often leading to the sufferer trying to hide the effects of the condition from friends and family. This in turn increases the stress factor ten fold triggering further episodes.

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) programmes are devised to deliver the strengthening of the pelvic floor muscles over a 3 month period.
Clients are given daily exercises of 2 x 5 minute routines per day, first thing in the morning and last thing at night, it is recommended that these exercise are done up to 5 – 6 times daily.
Our experience has shown that the majority of people find this impossible and training just twice per day is both sustainable and therefore successful.  Exercise charts are available to clients in pocket book form for easy carry and reference.

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