Unexpected, sudden or involuntary loss of bladder control when you sneeze, cough, jump or laugh can hinder quality of life. Always needing to know where the nearest toilet is, because you suffer from the sudden and strong urge to urinate, can make outings stressful.
Bladder leakage or urinary incontinence is a problematic medical condition that can impact confidence and can be a cause of embarrassment. Up to 40% of women and 11% of men in Australia suffer from urinary incontinence or frequent urge to urinate.
If you suffer from any form of urinary incontinence (stress incontinence, urge incontinence or overflow incontinence), book a discrete appointment with Wattle Street Medical Practice. We have multiple treatment options that are FDA approved, to suit your specific concern.
Call 02 6248 5446 to book your consultation today with Dr Tran ONLY.
Urinary incontinence is any uncontrolled leakage of urine. Incontinence may be caused or effected by ageing, menopause, pregnancy, child birth, dramatic weight changes and female surgeries such as hysterectomy. The prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence increases with age.
20-30% of women over the age of 18 have urinary incontinence
11% of men have frequent urination issues
30-40% of women over 40 have urinary incontinence
50% of mature age women have urinary incontinence
From the first signs of bladder leakage to the time of seeking a diagnosis and treatment solutions, women wait on average 6.5 years
There are three main types of urinary incontinence in women and men. Patients may experience one type or mixed incontinence, which is when you experience more than one type of urinary incontinence.
Stress incontinence, often referred to as light bladder leakage, occurs when pressure is put on the bladder, causing urine to leak. This can be as simple as slouching when you sit, or from coughing, laughing or sneezing, exercising or jumping, resulting in a small or large amount of urine leakage. This can be embarrassing and mean you restrict or cut out many enjoyable activities that could cause leakage.
Urge incontinence symptoms include a sudden and often intense urge to urinate, commonly followed by an involuntary loss of urine. Frequent visits to the toilet during the day, sometimes every half hour or hour, meaning you will always need to know where a toilet is when you are out, this quite often restricts activities. Urge incontinence typically disrupts sleep due to the need to wake frequently and urinate.
When your bladder does not empty completely, this leads to consistent dribbling or urination.
The Emsella Chair is an FDA approved medical device that uses electromagnetic waves, focussed on the pelvis, giving over 12,000 contractions in 28 minutes.
Treatment strengthens pelvic floor muscles so you can contract and control the bladder, avoiding what is commonly referred to as light bladder leakage or stress incontinence.
The treatment also assists nerves to become less over-reactive to reduce the urge to go to the toilet so often.
The Emsella Chair is an FDA approved device for the treatment of urinary incontinence
Treats the entire pelvic floor
Delivers thousands of pelvic contractions per session
Patients remain fully clothed
No downtime or recovery after treatment
Highly trained doctors
The next step is to take action and get personalised information for your concerns. The treatment outlined on this page requires a consultation at Wattle Street Medical Practice with Dr Tran ONLY. Please call 02 6248 5446 to book your complimentary consultation with Dr Tran.
Wattle Street Medical Practice
83 Wattle Street
O’Connor
ACT, 2602
Phone: (02) 6248 5446 or (02) 6247 4807
Fax: (02) 6247 8795
