Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy Edmonton

Our pelvic floor physiotherapists treat dysfunction using a variety of scientifically proven methods. At Rutherford Physiotherapy in Edmonton, we start by doing a full evaluation. This procedure involves discussing your medical background, complaints, and health goals. After that, we do a physical exam to see how strong, coordinated, and flexible your pelvic floor muscles are. Based on our results, we will personalize a treatment plan for you. Our pelvic floor physiotherapy treatments are:

1.Manual Therapy

Manual therapy helps the pelvic floor muscles get more blood flow, which helps them stretch and rest. It can work on joints, ligaments, tendons, nerves, and muscles for healing purposes. People who have ongoing non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) or urine incontinence (UI) may feel better after doing manual therapy.

Manual therapy may include:

• Myofascial release
• Trigger point therapy
• Soft tissue mobilization

2.Biofeedback

Biofeedback helps patients regulate pelvic floor muscles using technological devices. Our physiotherapist can assist in determining which muscles are excessively tense and provide instruction on exercises that enhance coordination. You acquire better control by learning to utilize the right muscles with the help of this feedback.  Pelvic floor physical therapy with biofeedback treats several conditions, such as:

• Constipation
• Fecal incontinence
• Low anterior resection syndrome
• Urinary incontinence
• Chronic pelvic discomfort
• Agonizing sexual encounters

3.Scar Tissue Management

Therapists use their hands to loosen the connective tissue around the scar and the belly tissue. Our pelvic floor physiotherapist may utilize materials with varying textures to alleviate sensitivity and discomfort at the scar site. After a C-section or other surgery, these techniques can help lessen adhesions and make it easier to move around.

4.Electrical Stimulation

When pelvic muscles are weak or not functioning, gentle electrical therapy can help stimulate and improve them.

5.Pelvic Floor Exercises

Targeted exercises make the muscles in the pelvic floor stronger and better coordinated. Some of these are:

• Kegels: Muscles on the pelvic floor are compressed and tightened.
• Core stability exercises:  Increasing pelvic floor-core muscle connection.
• Stretching: Increasing flexibility and easing muscle tension.

Besides these, our therapists provide advice on improving our balance, breathing, and way of life to support pelvic health.

6.Dry Needling

Pelvic floor dysfunction and discomfort may be alleviated by the therapeutic method of dry needling. Our therapist may use needle manipulation to induce a twitch reaction, a brief, unconscious muscular contraction. By releasing tension in the muscle, its capacity to support the pelvis and move is enhanced.

7.Hypopressive Exercises

Hypopressive exercises are a set of breathing and movement routines that may improve core strength and pelvic floor stability. They are useful for treating a variety of pelvic floor disorders, including PFD, incontinence, and prolapse of the pelvic organs. Hypopressive exercises are a kind of postural training that engages the abdomen and pelvic floor muscles (PFM) naturally, helping to relax the diaphragm and lower intra-abdominal pressure.