Urinary Incontinence effects many women that have gone through the child birthing process and those that are in the pre-menopausal stages of life and not just a condition that effects only the elderly.
Stress incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine either when we cough, sneeze, laugh or exercise and a condition no one wants to talk about due to shame or embarrassment.
Roughly 40% of women suffer with urinary incontinence with incidence increasing during pregnancy and postnatally and in the menopause stages of life.
Micturition involves the coordination of bladder, urethral and pelvic floor muscles along with the urethral sphincter. A disruption to one all parts of these structures will result in incontinence.
We’re beginning to notice a trend of women being more pro-active in treatment and therapy to improve their symptoms, which includes pelvic floor exercises, reducing caffeine and alcohol intake and adopting a healthier lifestyle should their body mass index (BMI) be over 30kg/m2
As a previous midwife I would teach women about pelvic floor exercises but the reality was that they would do it initially but then as time went on the frequency of exercises would dimension.
Because of the trend in women seeking more help, I’m happy to have found a treatment machine that I trust to use on my clients.
Forma-V is a non-invasive, no downtime, labial and vaginal tightening rejuvenation treatment that sends gentle Radio frequency waves through the walls of the vaginal canal. This results in new collagen and elastin as well as vaginal tightening and rejuvenation of the labia minora.
The treatment is carried out in a series of three treatments, once a month for three months and studies show that the Forma V treatment can help to reduce stress incontinence by 62.7%, based on a study of 30 women aged between 40-60 years.
