What to do with postpartum urinary incontinence? Physical therapy is good

Many women experience some embarrassing phenomena after giving birth, such as urinary incontinence. It is very common that some functions of the body cannot recover normally after childbirth and urinary incontinence occurs. Mild patients can undergo physical therapy and do more Kegel exercises after childbirth.

(1) Kegel exercises

You can start doing simple Kegel exercises within one week after delivery. The earlier you start, the more it can help train the pelvic floor muscles to contract and prevent urinary incontinence.

Action 1: Stand on tiptoe, contract the buttocks muscles and lift the anus upward, squeeze your legs tightly, hold for 5 seconds and then relax. Repeat the action 20 times or more.

Action 2: Lie on your back with your legs bent. Contract the muscles in your buttocks and lift your anus upwards. Close the urethra, vagina and anus tightly, as if you are holding your urine because you have to go to the toilet. Keep the pelvic floor muscles contracted for 5 seconds, then slowly relax, and repeat the contraction after 5 to 10 seconds. Breathe normally throughout the exercise and keep other parts of your body relaxed. You can touch your abdomen with your hands and there should be no tightness.

(2) Dual-channel electrical stimulation therapy for urinary incontinence

Electrical stimulation can also treat stress urinary incontinence, frequent urination, nocturia and urge incontinence, using different frequencies to achieve different effects. Different frequencies and current intensities are used to reduce the sensitivity of the bladder detrusor muscle, increase bladder capacity, and contract and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.

(3) Extracorporeal magnetic resonance therapy

Extracorporeal magnetic resonance therapy does not require undressing and is non-invasive. It can be performed while sitting in a treatment chair. It uses a high-density magnetic field to deeply penetrate the perineal muscles and nerves, strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and sphincter, or relax the spasmodic pelvic floor muscles through nerve regulation to help restore normal urination function. According to the doctor's diagnosis of the patient and the patient's symptoms, the "Bladder Autonomic Nerve Therapy Device" is used to set the treatment mode and course of treatment. Each treatment lasts about 20 minutes, with treatment twice a week and the entire course of treatment lasting 12 weeks.