Northgate Living Magazine August 2019

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Expert Contributor

A New Treatment Option for Urinary Incontinence

By Carolyn Krieg, DO and Paul H. Kim, MD, Medical Institute of Healthy Aging

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o you leak urine when you cough, sneeze, laugh, or engage in sports activities? Do you need to go to the bathroom often? Do you refrain from intimacy out of fear of insecurity? If you answered “yes,” you are probably suffering from urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine. Stress incontinence involves urine leakage when there is increased intraabdominal pressure, for example, when coughing, sneezing, laughing, or even exercising. This is due to deconditioned pelvic floor muscles as a result of the normal aging process, childbirth, or menopause. Urge incontinence, also known as “overactive bladder,” is characterized by a strong urge to void and difficulty holding your urine. Some women have a combination of both types of incontinence symptoms. This is called mixed incontinence. In both types of incontinence, patients are not able to contract the pelvic floor muscles properly due to the muscle weakness. The first line treatment for urinary incontinence is the pelvic floor muscle exercise called “Kegels.” Many of you are

likely familiar with them. They can be effective for incontinence, but unfortunately for many women they are not. Many women must resort to medications with side effects or invasive surgical procedures. Now there is a new treatment option available to effectively treat urinary incontinence called BTL EMSELLA. BTL EMSELLA uses electromagnetic energy to cause deep pelvic floor muscle stimulation. A single BTL EMSELLA session brings thousands of Kegel-like contractions which help you train your muscles without any effort. Scientific research shows that 95% of treated patients have reported significant improvement in their quality of life. The benefits of BTL EMSELLA are: • A non-invasive procedure • Remain fully clothed during treatment. • Restores bladder and pelvic muscle control without time-consuming exercises. • A procedure that lasts about 28 minutes without any downtime. • You can notice improvement after a single session. Results typically continue to improve over subsequent weeks.

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Results after approximately six sessions, scheduled twice a week. Patients have reported significant reduction in pad use.

If you are suffering from the symptoms of urinary incontinence, contact us today at the Medical Institute of Healthy Aging to learn more.

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