Urinary Incontinence Treatment

Flint • Genesee County • Burton • Fenton • Flushing • Grand Blanc

Embarrassing urinary incontinence – or “bladder leaks” – can affect women of all ages, although incontinence becomes more common with age. This can be an annoying problem that can develop into a condition that interferes with a woman’s quality of life. As many as one in three women experience bladder leaking when they laugh, sneeze, cough or exercise.

Fortunately, there are now several innovative, non-surgical treatments that can minimize or eliminate urinary incontinence. We offer MonaLisa Touch, a new, state-of-the-art non-surgical procedure that applies laser heat energy to the vagina to stimulate the body’s own collagen production. This naturally strengthens and thickens the muscles and tissue surrounding the bladder – which helps reduce or eliminate certain types of urinary incontinence.

We also offer state-of-the-art, noninvasive EmSella Chair radiofrequency treatments in our Flint ObGyn office. In other cases, we can prescribe medications, topical estrogen therapy, pessary devices, and pelvic floor therapies that can treat urinary incontinence noninvasively.

Don’t suffer in silence with frustrating urinary incontinence. Contact our highly trained and specialized women’s urogynecology team today and get relief from the inconvenience and embarrassment of bladder leaks.

Urinary Incontinence

Flint • Genesee County • Burton • Fenton • Flushing • Grand Blanc

Embarrassing urinary incontinence – or “bladder leaks” – can affect women of all ages, although incontinence becomes more common with age. This can be an annoying problem that can develop into a condition that interferes with a woman’s quality of life. As many as one in three women experience bladder leaking when they laugh, sneeze, cough or exercise.

Fortunately, there are now several innovate, non-surgical treatments that can minimize or eliminate urinary incontinence. We offer MonaLisa Touch, a new, state-of-the-art non-surgical procedure that applies laser heat energy to the vagina to stimulate the body’s own collagen production. This naturally strengthens and thickens the muscles and tissue surrounding the bladder – which helps reduce or eliminate certain types of urinary incontinence.

In other cases, we can prescribe medications, topical estrogen therapy, pessary devices, and pelvic floor therapies that can treat urinary incontinence noninvasively.

Don’t suffer in silence with frustrating urinary incontinence. Contact our highly trained and specialized women’s urogynecology team today and get relief from the inconvenience and embarrassment of bladder leaks.

URINARY INCONTINENCE TREATMENTS

Pessary Devices for
Pelvic Organ Prolapse

A pessary is a removable device that you or your healthcare provider can insert into your vagina to support your pelvic organs. Your pelvic floor muscles provide the structural support necessary to hold your pelvic organs in place. These organs include your uterus, bladder, urethra (the tube that your pee comes out through) and rectum. If your pelvic floor muscles become injured or weak, the organs can slip out of place and cause uncomfortable symptoms. This is what happens if you have pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Even common experiences — ranging from pregnancy and childbirth to repetitive heavy lifting — can lead to muscle weakness and slippage over time. A pessary is one potential treatment option that can help.

A pessary can help manage the symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse and stress incontinence.
· With pelvic organ prolapse, you may feel an unpleasant fullness in your vagina from the organ that’s slipped down into it.
· With severe prolapse, you may be able to feel the organ poking out of your vagina.
· With stress incontinence, you may dribble pee or have accidents when you laugh, cough, sneeze or exercise.

In most cases, people choose a pessary when they want symptom relief but want to avoid surgery to fix their pelvic floor muscles. Or, you may choose a pessary if you have medical problems that make surgery too risky. Sometimes, a pessary is an option after other conservative treatments, like pelvic floor exercises and physical therapy, haven’t helped. Dr. Fellenbaum will spend time evaluating your pelvis and sizing you for the appropriate fit of a pessary should you be a good candidate for a pessary.

EmSella Chair for
Urinary Incontinence

An exciting new medical device called the BTL EmSella – sometimes called a “Kegel Throne” can treat urinary incontinence in its early stages – so that surgery isn’t necessary down the road.

The EmSella chair uses electromagnetic technology to stimulate the pelvic floor muscles. It essentially causes thousands of Kegel-like contractions per second to engage all the muscles of the pelvis at once. The EmSella chair is completely non-invasive and patients even remain fully clothed.

The result is restored neuromuscular control of the pelvis – which helps reduce or eliminate the bladder leaks of urinary incontinence.

MonaLisa Touch for Urinary Incontinence

MonaLisa Touch is a painless vaginal laser treatment that delivers CO2 laser energy to the vaginal walls using a slender wand. It is an effective, state-of-the-art treatment for stress urinary incontinence – as well as vaginal dryness, itching & irritation, and painful sex.

Flint ObGyn was one of the first gynecology offices in Genesee County to make this ground-breaking and life changing nonsurgical treatment available to our patients.

The estrogen in a woman’s body helps keep her vaginal tissue supple and moist. As hormone production decreases with age, menopause or as a result of surgery or medications, “vaginal atrophy” (thinning and drying of the vaginal walls) begins to occur.

Stress incontinence occurs when the pelvic tissues and muscles that support the urethra at the opening of the bladder become weaker – due to pregnancy, weight gain, hormonal changes, injury or aging.

The laser light energy emitted by the MonaLisa Touch wand stimulates collagen and elastin production within the vagina. This helps to strengthen and thicken the tissues and muscles in the vaginal walls and surrounding pelvic areas – and naturally strengthens and thickens the muscles and tissue surrounding the bladder – which helps reduce or eliminate certain types of urinary incontinence.

The rejuvenated vaginal tissue also generates more lubrication, reducing painful dryness and remedying painful sex. And, the improvement in vaginal tightness also improves sexual sensation for both the female patient and her sexual partner.

MonaLisa touch treatments for urinary incontinence are non surgical, and non-hormonal. There are no known side effects, and absolutely no downtime.