What is Pelvic Rehabilitation?
Common Pelvic Floor Conditions:
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary urgency and frequency
- Painful bladder syndrome/Interstitial cystitis
- Urinary hesitancy or delay
- Incomplete emptying or retention
- Urethral pain
- Detrusor instability (Overactive bladder)
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Coccyx pain
- Groin pain
- Sacroiliac pain
- Pain with penetration
- Genital pain
- Pudendal neuralgia
- Vulvar pain
- Vulvar vestibulitis
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Prostatitis
- Post-hernia repair
- Perineal pain
What can I expect at an appointment?
- Attending a pelvic rehabilitation appointment is very much like any rehab appointment
- You will have an opportunity to share your concerns and goals
- You will be offered options regarding assessment and treatment
- Following your initial visit, you will be informed of the examination findings, and options for treatment
- You will be provided with suggestions for a home program or self-care, so that you can actively participate in your healing process
- Your therapist will communicate with your health care providers as appropriate
- Your therapist will complete an examination of how you move your body
- The pelvic muscles can also be assessed to see if there is weakness, tension, pain, or lack of coordination
- Biofeedback may also be used during an evaluation
- Education in bowel and bladder habits, food and fluid, and self-care
- Instruction in home programs for muscle strengthening, relaxation, or coordination as needed
- Manual therapy approaches that may include internal pelvic muscle treatment
- Instruction in self-care