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Women's Health



What is women's health physiotherapy?

It is the physical therapy method related to women's health. Physical therapy methods are drug-free and do not require surgical intervention, and include physical therapy instruments and special exercises applied outside the body. Physiotherapy is an important non-surgical instrument in overcoming problems such as painful menstruation, pregnancy, and urinary incontinence that women often encounter, and sometimes naturally.

Women's health physiotherapy helps women to have pain-free menstruation in the period starting with menstruation and continuing until menopause, thus helping them to have a comfortable life at home, at work, and in society.

Physiotherapy applied in case of pregnancy contributes to a normal and easy delivery as well as eliminating pregnancy problems and having a comfortable pregnancy. It also ensures that the mother is healthier after childbirth.

One of the important health problems of women is urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence forces the patient to consider hygiene and odor issues and to use additional cloths such as diapers. Besides, it causes many problems at workplaces, in establishing and maintaining a relationship with friends and in society. Physiotherapy is one of the treatment methods to be applied in case of urinary incontinence.

 

Why are pelvic floor muscles important?

The conditions, that also affect women individually, professionally, and socially, result from the inability of the pelvic floor muscles to perform their functions.

 

They are the muscles at the base of the pelvis, which have functions such as contraction, relaxation, and stabilization. They carry organs such as the bladder, uterus, and large intestine like a hammock. They are involved in urination, defecation, and sexual functions, as well as pregnancy and childbirth.

 

 


What is urinary incontinence?

Urinary incontinence is one of the most common women's health problems when the pelvic floor muscles are not able to function. Women cannot retain the urine, and it can leak in drops or with more intensity.

 

Mostly incontinence occurs in three ways.

a.    Stress incontinence. It is the leakage of urine drop by drop in situations such as coughing and laughing, or lifting weights and straining that increase intra-abdominal pressure.

b.    Urge type incontinence. It is incontinence when the patient cannot reach the toilet on time after a sudden feeling of urination.

c.     Mixed type incontinence. Sometimes both types of urinary incontinence can be seen together.

 

What are the risk factors for urinary incontinence?

It occurs in one of every four women after the age of thirty. It is more common in women who have gone through menopause and have given birth multiple times. The main causes of female incontinence are:

-          Age. Frequency increases after menopause.

-          Smoking

-          Obesity

-          Constipation

-          Excessive caffeine intake, such as too much coffee

-          Pregnancy

-          A high number of births

-          Overweighted babies 


How is incontinence treated?

Physiotherapy is a non-surgical method with no side effects and successful results, applied by a specially trained women's health physiotherapist. Strengthening weak muscles, relaxing tauth muscles, and increasing the endurance of the muscles with special exercises applied to the pelvic floor muscles are the basis of the treatment. In addition, lifestyle changes andbladder training recommended by the women's health physiotherapist make important contributions to the treatment. If necessary, it is ensured that the pelvic floor muscles function in isolation by applying methods such as EMG and biofeedback. Urinary incontinence treatment improves the quality of life of patients and ensures their participation in life. Urinary incontinence is no longer a destiny of women.