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  Urinary Incontinence Program

 

Total Rehab Care urinary incontinence program offers discreet and helpful remedies and therapies for otherwise embarrassing conditions.

What is urinary incontinence?
Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine. Even a few drops of urine is considered an episode of incontinence.

There are two major types of urinary incontinence:
Stress incontinence is the sudden, involuntary loss of urine because of physical stress such as coughing, laughing, jumping, running, sneezing or lifting.

Urge incontinence is the overwhelming urge to urinate resulting in leaking.

  • Education about bladder and pelvic floor muscles
  • Techniques for bladder retraining
  • Exercises to strengthen pelvic floor muscles
  • Biofeedback, vaginal weights, and/or electrical stimulation for pelvic floor strengthening
  • Dietary modifications

 

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Hagerstown, MD 21740
301-790-8000

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