Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy

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Physiotherapy after prostatectomy

Physical injury caused by surgery may result in a too strong and permanent contraction of pelvic floor muscles and pressure on nerves.In consequence, the sphincter-bladder system will not work properly.This is why patients who had their prostate surgically removed (prostatectomy) need therapy to reduce tension more often than to increase it. Accordingly, Kegel exercises have little effect in this group.

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Postnatal rehabilitation: perineal pain, haemorrhoids

...strong pain not only makes it more difficult for a young mum to live normally, but can also have disastrous effects: perineal pain may cause urinary incontinence that appears even several months after childbirth and intensifies.Pelvic pain (sacrum, pubic symphysis) causes changes to mum's body posture which may become permanent because of hormones working during the early stage of puerperium. Physiotherapy during that period usually involves very simple physical techniques which are well know from other fields of rehabilitation and give a quick effect.

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Vaginal and cervical prolapse

After structural causes are ruled out (such as many torn muscles or ligaments), physiotherapy leads to an improvement or often cures the patient completely which allows to avoid surgery. In many European countries physiotherapy is obligatorily recommended before deciding to do a surgery.According to international standards pelvic floor physiotherapy should also be recommended always after a surgery to strengthen and prolong its effects.

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Painful menstruation, ovulation pain or midcycle pain

...have other pelvic floor conditions (as described here). Pain affects the mental and physical condition, the woman becomes more tired and irritable.Research has shown menstrual or ovulation pain to increase the risk of migraine. With a drug therapy it is often necessary to increase painkiller doses.Hormonal therapy on the other hand merely conceals the problem as it fails to eliminate its causes. Physiotherapy removes pressure on nerves and restores natural relaxation of pelvic floor muscles, and this is how it brings a long-lasting effect of eliminating pain.It may happen that, as a “side effect” of such therapy, the patient’s hormonal cycle becomes regular.

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Dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse), lack of orgasm

...especially where their sense of touch or sensation is reduced.Husbands or partners, on the other hand, often suspect them of not being interested and not loving them.However, it is worth remembering that any of these problems may be caused by pelvic floor dysfunction resulting from childbirth, gynaecological surgery, as well as stress, changes to the locomotor system and other factors. Skilled physiotherapy which is individually adjusted to a particular patient allows her to enjoy better intimate sensations.And in the case of vaginismus, it makes sexual intercourse possible.

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Urinary incontinence, urgency, overactive bladder

...(individual, in groups or at special courses), vaginal balls or electrostimulation are only to strengthen muscles.However, weak muscles may not be the actual cause of the problem and then strengthening them will not improve the situation.Excessive tension in some pelvic floor muscles, their pain and pressure on nerves leads to dysfunction of the entire bladder-sphincter system. Therefore, physiotherapy in such situations involves identifying the cause of the problem by interviewing the patient and carefully examining the pelvic floor.The right method (one or more) is then chosen which is appropriate for the specific condition of the patient’s pelvic floor.

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Indications

The indications for pelvic floor physiotherapy are: dysfunctions of bladder (various kinds of incontinence), bowel (constipation, faecal incontinence), disorders of intimate sensations (low, lack of feeling, pain); in women – menstrual or ovulation pains, some cycle disorders, vaginal or cervical prolapse; in men –pain or disorders after prostatectomy. In many cases there is more than one dysfunction. Disorders may change in time – one...

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About

...(or causes) of problems which has (have) been identified. In this context, “Kegel exercises", whether performed individually or in a group, using various types of equipment or without it, are one of many methods available. They will not always be sufficient, sometimes totally unnecessary or even harmful (as confirmed by more and more scientific reports). IS PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY SAFE? The physiotherapy methods which are used have been known for many years, they have proven effective in sports and posttraumatic rehabilitation. These well-known methods are used for pelvic floor rehabilitation in an innovative way.

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Michal Koszla

...since then. His area of practice also includes pain therapy in pregnancy and after childbirth. Michał Koszla is a member of the International Continence Society. He has trained physiotherapists on improvement and prevention in puerperium since 2010, as well as training midwives on prevention and the basics of incontinence therapy since 2012. He held the first practical training on pelvic floor physiotherapy for physiotherapists in 2013. He has been co-running the Poznań-based Centre Dobry Początek (“A good beginning”) providing antenatal classes since 2004. He was a speaker at the 15th national conference of the Childbirth with Dignity Foundation and at two W służbie bociana (In stork’s service) national conferences for midwives, as well as other events. He has spoken at the 3rd Promoting...

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What is pelvic floor physiotherapy about?

If you are looking for pelvic floor physiotherapy in Poland, contact us. The physiotherapist speaks English.  The physiotherapist speaks English. He offers to patients a range of modern methods applied indyvidually according to their symptoms. The therapist conducts a detailed interview to identify all of the health problems. The patient is then palpated carefully. This would be vaginal palpation for women or rectal palpation for men. At the...

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Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy

...after childbirth or menopause as a feeling of discomfort or foreign body in the vagina. In more severe situations it will be a visible protrusion of vaginal walls. More Postnatal rehabilitation: perineal pain, haemorrhoids Intervention treatment at mum’s home on the first days after childbirth – strong pain of the perineum, sacrum or pubic symphysis, urinary or faecal incontinence. More Physiotherapy after prostatectomy Men who have undergone prostatectomy often have no symptoms of urinary incontinence. However, if such symptoms appear, they will usually not stop themselves. More

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