Urinary Physical Therapy
Do you ever find yourself saying "Don't make me laugh, I'm going to pee myself!"?
Is every cough/laugh/sneeze a reason to worry?
Perhaps when you gotta go you really gotta go. And suddenly it's a sprint to the bathroom before it's too late.
This could even be you are just in and out of the bathroom constantly - even disrupting your sleep with multiple wakeups every night.
Or is it that when you go, you don't feel like you completely emptied your bladder?
Even if your issue has been going on for decades, Dr. Riley can still help!
Stress Urinary Incontinence
Is every cough, laugh, or sneeze a landmine?
Joining you kids in jumping on the trampoline might feel like a disaster waiting to happen.
These are all common issues with stress urinary incontinence - when anything changes your internal bodily pressure, that can cause you to leak urine. This can be anything from a total loss of bladder control to just a few small drops.
Dr. Riley can help you laugh again without worry about leaking. Book now to see how he can help!
What happens when you arrive in the driveway? Has it become a sprint to reach the bathroom in time? This could also be right as the key goes in the door.
There's a number of triggers outside of the above two, like running water, or you may be a "just in case" type of person who needs to go every time you leave the house.
This sudden urinary urgency can cause the bladder to start emptying before you reach the toilet. As Dr. Riley loves to educate his patients, this is common, but not normal.
Dr. Riley can help work on reinforcing proper urinary function and habits so that doesn't happen anymore. Book now to see how he can help!
Urge Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Urgency
With urgency, you may not be leaking, but it can still interrupt your life.
Are you waking up tired every morning because you're waking up multiple times a night to pee?
Is every social event littered with anxiety over where the nearest bathroom is?
You might tell people you "have a squirrel bladder" and go every hour on the hour.
Are you a "just in case" pee-er?
Typical urinary frequency should be going every 3-4 waking hours and only 0 to 1 wake-ups per night to pee.
Dr. Riley can help you return to this frequency so you can go out and have fun without doing the detective work to find every bathroom or sleep through the night better. Book now to see how he can help!
Do you go and don't feel like you emptied completely? This could also be accompanied by pain before, during, or after urination.
Your urinary urge may return soon after you go pee.
Does it feel like you have to push or strain to get everything out?
Dr. Riley can help work on improving your pelvic floor and urinary function so that you can go when you need to without that residual fullness feeling or pain. Book now to see how he can help!
Incomplete Emptying
Falmouth Maine Orthopedic and Pelvic Health PT
19 Northbrook Drive, Falmouth, ME 04105
207-200-6851