The Physio Rehab has a team of eight physical therapists offering a wide range of therapies, including pelvic floor rehabilitation.
«Bladder conditions such as urinary incontinence and irritable bladder symptoms are among the most common women’s complaints,» says Physio-Rehab Managing Director Fiona Grunder. The complaints can be triggered even in younger women, for example by the birth of a child, but also by sporting activities. Often, the complaints only appear after menopause. According to statistics, around 40% of women, but also many men, are affected in the course of their lives.
Indications for pelvic floor rehabilitation
Pelvic floor therapy is indicated in the absence of awareness of the pelvic floor, stress or stress incontinence, lowering of the uterus or as preventive training after pregnancy. The pelvic floor muscles are weakened and their function is impaired. With targeted pelvic floor rehabilitation, complaints can often be treated successfully.
Medical aids in therapy
«We offer our patients a wide range of treatment options,” says Fiona Grunder. The therapy aids are specifically adapted to the needs of the patients. For some time now, pelvic floor rehabilitation at Physio Rehab has also included exercises with the PelvicTool Home & Sport. The PelvicTool is a digital pelvic floor trainer that can be used as a perception-enhancing tool and to strengthen the pelvic floor. Likewise, therapists can optimally use the device to monitor progress and thus objectify the progress of patients. The PelvicTool Home & Sport includes an anatomically shaped seat cushion with soft sensor tube for pain-free training as well as the PelvicTool app for monitoring training performance.
Patients respond very well to the device. It shows them immediately and directly whether and how well they can target the pelvic floor.»
«The display of the pelvic floor contractions on the tablet makes it easier for us therapists to control the training» mentions the managing director. Patients also find it pleasant that they can train clothed, in contrast to other incontinence therapy devices. Pelvic floor training with the PelvicTool is therefore a method of first choice for pelvic floor therapy.
The physiotherapist emphasizes: «Crucial for the success of the therapy is regular practice at home and behavioral changes in everyday life, for example relieving positions or a change in drinking behavior».
Pelvic floor therapy requires a doctor’s prescription from either the gynecologist or the family doctor. Fiona Grunder: «Patients often shy away from approaching their doctor about complaints and wait until the level of suffering is too high. That’s a shame, because with targeted pelvic floor therapy, the complaints can often be successfully alleviated or eliminated altogether.»
Physio Rehab Richterswil
Gartenstrasse 10
8805 Richterswil, Switzerland
Phone 044 784 95 70
