The Mediwatch solutions
(Venus-US only at present time)
And the associated pdf:
What's it all about....
Introduction
Pelvic floor biofeedback therapy is a treatment intended to help patients learn to strengthen and relax their pelvic muscles in order to improve bladder function and decrease pelvic pain. Biofeedback uses electronic and mechanical instruments to accurately measure the action of the pelvic floor muscles, and provides ‘feedback’ information to the patient so that the patient can learn to better use the pelvic muscles. Patients can learn to use the pelvic floor muscles to decrease the sudden urge to urinate, decrease incontinence, and lessen certain types of pelvic pain. An important part of pelvic floor biofeedback therapy is consistent exercise of the pelvic muscles at home, and biofeedback therapy can help teach proper pelvic muscle exercise.
Pelvic floor biofeedback therapy has been used successfuly by many men and women for the past thirty years, and the 1992 & 1996 AHCPR (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) Guideline on Urinary Incontinence listed biofeedback as a useful treatment option for reducing the symptoms of incontinence. More recently pelvic floor biofeedback therapy, along with pelvic floor muscle massage and "trigger point release" therapy, have been found to be helpful in men and women with chronic pelvic pain. Monterey Bay Urology Associates employ a pelvic therapy clinician, Kathy Cliff, who specializes in pelvic floor therapy in men and women. We have had excellent results with this type of treatment in patients with bothersome urinary incontinence and pelvic pain.(More)
