Overview
What conditions do men's health physiotherapists treat?
- Urinary incontinence – including Overactive bladder, urgency incontinence, stress urinary incontinence post-prostatectomy/post-TURP*
- Overactive bladder (including frequency, urgency, urgency incontinence)*
- Anorectal incontinence(bowel (faecal) incontinence, incontinence of 'wind') *
- Pelvic pain/chronic pelvic pain syndromes, pudendal neuralgia*
*GP/Consultant Referral needed.
Treatments
Treatments are tailored to individual needs.
Treatment for urinary incontinence includes the correct pelvic floor exercise technique. This involves correct breathing techniques and correct posture.
Treatment of symptoms of overactive bladder may involve bladder training techniques also. Biofeedback and Neuromuscular-Electrical Stimulation may be indicated in some cases
Treatment for pelvic pain (including chronic pelvic pain syndromes and pudendal neuralgia) includes manual therapy, trigger point release, breathing techniques, posture correction, and pelvic floor release techniques.