Do you leak urine when coughing or sneezing? Do you have control issues while participating in step classes or high impact activities such as running? Is your life severely affected by inability to control your bladder? You are not alone.
One in four healthy women and one in two elderly women will experience urinary incontinence.It can be a very debilitating issue that can affect all aspects of one's life.
Physiotherapy has been shown to be a very effective natural treatment option for many female pelvic concerns.Maximum Potential Physiotherapy is meeting the growing demand for pelvic floor physical therapy. It is a specialized therapy that can assist women who experience urinary incontinence and prolapses of the bladder, cervix or uterus. Using a variety of techniques such as manual therapy, biofeedback, strengthening and/or relaxation exercises, pelvic floor physical therapy can help women achieve a higher quality of life by helping women gain control of their bladder and experience less pelvic pain.
Rumi Takeuchi Krzywicki is a female physical therapist with a passion for women's health issues including pre and post natal therapy, blocked breast ducts post pregnancy, urinary incontinence, and prolapses (bladder, cervix, or uterus). She has experience treating men, women, and children in a private practice orthopaedic clinic for musculoskeletal injuries. Rumi is also a certified acupuncturists through the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute, an active member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and is in good standing with the College of Physical Therapists of Alberta. Her research, “Moving forward”: Success from a physiotherapist's point of view, was published by Physiotherapy in 2008.
Maximum Potentials’ Pelvic Floor Therapy Program will start accepting new patients on September 30, 2009.
