Care For Bladder Problems and Pelvic Pain

We can help with a care plan specialized just for you

If you’ve been living with bladder problems or pelvic pain, we can help you change your life for the better. Lehigh Valley Center for Urogynecology and Continence Management is a special place where we treat noncancerous conditions related to the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor includes your pelvic organs and the muscles and tissues that support them.

The most common pelvic floor dysfunctions are bladder control problems, which can be caused by childbirth, surgery, chronic disease, repeated heavy lifting or medications.

We recognize that every patient has different needs. We strive to meet your personality and lifestyle requirements with personalized treatment plans.

Your urogynecologist will take a detailed and focused medical history and examine you. You may be asked to keep a voiding diary – a record of your urination. Your doctor will use the most advanced technology to help make the most accurate diagnosis.

Symptoms of Incontinence:

• Do you frequently have a strong, sudden urge to urinate?
• Do you frequently go to the bathroom eight or more times in a 24-hour period?
• Do you get up two or more times during the night to go to the bathroom?
• Do you experience a loss of urine when you are doing physical activities such as lifting heavy objects or exercising?
• Do you sometimes have a slight loss of urine when you sneeze, cough or laugh?

We can help you if you have these symptoms:

• Urinary incontinence (for example, if you lose urine when you laugh, cough or sneeze, exercise or lift heavy objects
• Overactive bladder (you get up two or more times in the night, go to the bathroom more than eight times in 24 hours, or sometimes have a sudden, strong urge to urinate)
• Bowel incontinence
• Pelvic or bladder pain, or prolapse
• Pain during intercourse
• Feeling of pelvic heaviness or feeling as if you are sitting on something (pelvic prolapse)

Treatment options may include:

• Patient education and dietary counseling
• Behavioral health
• Incontinent pessaries (a ring or dish that provides support)
• Biofeedback and electrical stimulation
• Medications
• Pelvic floor exercise
• Surgery, only if necessary

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