Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy medbase, Winterthur: PelvicTool as an aid in rehabilitation

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Use of the «Alonea PelvicTool» pelvic floor trainer in professional pelvic floor physiotherapy.

Through a combination of patient-centered physiotherapy and independent training at home, many pelvic floor disorders can be treated sustainably. The medical health centre of Medbase Winterthur uses the PelvicTool Home & Sport to support the pelvic floor rehabilitation of its patients.

Susanne Egli has specialized in pelvic floor rehabilitation for over twenty years and brings her extensive knowledge to the Medbase practice at Brunngasse 6 in Winterthur. After a thorough examination and assessment, she also uses the PelvicTool Home & Sport pelvic floor trainer in her daily practice, which successfully helps patients to train independently at home.

As a physiotherapist, after the birth of her two children and the resulting changes in her own body, Ms Egli became interested in the hidden muscles. The personal and intimate nature of her work, combined with the very different types of ailments, is exactly the kind of exciting challenge that she enjoys so much about her profession.

Pelvic floor – a taboo subject?

Although urinary incontinence is now openly discussed in many places, not all problems related to weakness or overstretching of the pelvic floor muscles are taboo. These include impaired bowel function, prolapse, pain during sexual intercourse or general pain in the bladder, vagina and rectum, which are in close proximity to the pelvic floor.

Pelvic floor physiotherapy

“An overactive pelvic floor muscle is also not uncommon and should be treated with specific relaxation exercises”. Susanne Egli, physiotherapist, Medbase Winterthur, Brunngasse

Pelvic floor problems can affect all age groups, although the risk of incontinence problems in women increases with age. Working with children and teenagers requires additional specialisation in pelvic floor physiotherapy. Men are also affected by the problem, especially after prostate surgery. As a result, many patients lose self-confidence and reduce their mobility to the point of isolation, as even a simple trip into town can become a psychological burden.

Professional support for lasting treatment success

This makes it all the more important to put yourself in the hands of a professional for a thorough assessment. Susanne Egli will first carry out a vaginal or anal examination to determine whether and to what extent there is under- or over-activity and whether the person concerned is able to control the pelvic floor muscles selectively at all.

Susanne Egli points out: “About one third of those affected cannot feel exactly where the pelvic floor is and are therefore unable to contract and relax it or even compensate for movement by activating other muscle groups.”

In the case of devices with pressure sensors, this can lead to patients receiving positive feedback on their training even though it is triggered by the wrong muscle groups. For Susanne Egli, it is therefore very important to work with patients over a number of physiotherapy sessions to develop the ability to contract muscles correctly. However, once this awareness has been developed, regular training at home can reduce symptoms and, in the long term, significantly improve quality of life within a few weeks.

“Our aim is to sensitise patients over the course of several sessions to the training and use of the pelvic floor muscles in everyday life and then to release them into independence,” says Susanne Egli.

Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy Device PelvicTool Alonea

Neuromuscular training with biofeedback

The Alonea PelvicTool is ideal for working with patients for a number of reasons, as the pelvic floor therapist explains: “As no sensor needs to be inserted into the body, patients need to exert very little effort, so the device can be used without much effort in everyday practice, even for shorter training sessions. “The PelvicTool consists of the training app and a seat cushion with a sensor tube in the middle, on which the patient sits in light training clothes. In biofeedback training, the contraction and relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles is measured by sensors and visualised in the PelvicTool app. This makes it possible to check in real time on the smartphone or tablet during the therapy session whether the patient is exercising at the right level. Individual settings for the training programmes are also possible, as is guided or free training.

The Alonea PelvicTool provides targeted training, whether you are treating pelvic floor weakness or excessive tension. Its ease of use makes it ideal for lending to patients: It is easy to use and motivates patients to train independently with short, varied training sessions with progress monitoring.

Because, says pelvic floor physiotherapist Susanne Egli: “In order to achieve and maintain long-term improvement, pelvic floor training must be integrated into everyday life forever.”

Medbase Winterthur Brunngasse

Brunngasse 6

8400 Winterthur

Tel. +41 52 260 37 80
winterthur-brunngasse@medbase.ch

www.medbase.ch

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