THE IMPORTANCE OF PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION
The lowest part of the abdomen is called the pelvic region, which is inside the pelvis, there are the bladder (urinary bladder), lower urinary tract, rectum, which is the last part of the large intestine, anus, external genital organs, as well as the ovaries, uterus and vagina in women, and the prostate in men in the pelvic region. The pelvic floor is a holistic structure consisting of the pelvis, muscles and ligaments. The structures that make up the pelvic floor hang between the front part of the pelvis (pubis) and the coccyx bone, which is the last part of the spine. The function of the pelvic floor is to carry the organs on it and keep them in place. The smooth muscles in organs such as the bladder and large intestine located on the pelvic floor operate on the stimuli generated by the involuntary nervous system, beyond our control. Pelvic floor muscles are voluntary muscles that we can control, like our arm and leg muscles. With the use of this function, it provides conscious control of the bladder and large intestine outlet it carries. For this reason, contraction of the urinary and bowel muscles are exteremely important for sexual life.
The weakness and dysfunction may occur in the pelvic floor muscles because of the advancing age, pregnancy and multiple pregnancy, naturai birth, menopause, colon, rectum, uterus, prostate and urinary tract surgeries, chronic constipation, obesity, chronic cough, diabetes, frequent urinary tract infections, sedentary life. Problems in the pelvic floor muscles cause frequent urination, urinary incontinence, gas and fecal incontinence, difficulty in urinating and defecating, constipation, chronic pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction. Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation is started to treat these disorders and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.
Pelvic floor rehabilitation is a set of treatments that aim to activate the muscle functions in this area at the most effective level. In Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation, a multidisciplinary approach is used along with patient education, pelvic floor exercises (kegel exercises), biofeedback application, vaginal cones, electromagnetic therapy, electrical stimulation, tibial nerve stimulation and myofascial release methods. With pelvic floor rehabilitation, individuals’ pelvic muscle functions are regulated, blood circulation in the pelvic floor area is increased, waist, hip and respiratory functions are regulated, urinary and fecal functions are regained, sexual dysfunctions are improved and the quality of life s substantialy increased. Pelvic floor rehabilitation is known to be highly in solving the problems associated with weakening of the muscles in the prelvic area in terms of strengthening the semuscles.
Turkey is lauded as one of the top rated countries where successful results in pelvic floor rehabilitation is registered. Individually-tailored treatmet programs together with a multidisciplinary approach where different branches of medicine coalesce ( gynecology and obstetrics, physiotheraphy) makes the efficiency of the treatments in Turkey, extremely high. As Prospero Medical, we offer customized Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation packages tailored to the patient’s needs by our team of specialist physicians at our clinics in Izmir and Istanbul. Please contact us for more details.
