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Biofeedback Treatment for Incontinence 
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Biofeedback Treatment
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Phone: 269.278.1145, ext. 332 |
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| Three Rivers Health Medical Office Building 2 |
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What is Incontinence?
An estimated 29,000,000 adults in the United States suffer from urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine. Leaking urine is not normal in adults. It is not an inevitable part of aging or a necessary side effect of childbirth.
Types of Urinary Incontinence
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Stress Incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine during physical activities, such as coughing, sneezing, laughing, rising from a bed or chair, walking, lifting, or exercise. |
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Urge Incontinence is the sudden involuntary loss of urine that takes place as soon as you feel a strong need to go to the restroom. It can be triggered by drinking even a small amount of liquid, or hearing or touching running water. |
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Mixed Incontinence includes the symptoms of both stress and urge incontinence. One symptom — either stress or urge — is usually more bothersome than the other. |
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Overflow Incontinence occurs when the bladder cannot empty completely because of obstructions or loss of bladder muscle strength, and thus becomes overly distended. This leads to frequent and sometimes almost constant urine loss. This type usually requires medical management. |
Program Highlights
The staff of the Incontinence Program will help you and your doctor find the cause of your incontinence. This investigation will include a comprehensive evaluation by one of our specially trained occupational therapists.
In addition to biofeedback to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles in order to reverse incontinence, your personal therapy program may include:
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A home exercise program |
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Instruction on keeping a bladder journal, with the goal of achieving normal habits |
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Suggestions on avoiding food and beverages that may be irritating to the bladder |
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Our occupational therapists offer treatment aimed at restoring continence and controlling chronic pain through the use of biofeedback. Biofeedback uses equipment that senses what muscles are being used and presents the information in a meaningful way using audio and visual cues. This allows you to see what your body is doing and how to control the muscles of the pelvic floor to regain continence.
Please call our office at 269.278.1145, ext 332, to learn more or talk to your physician about a referral to our program. |
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Three Rivers Health
701 S. Health Parkway
Three Rivers, MI 49093
Phone: (269) 278-1145
Fax: (269) 273-9611
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