What do urinary incontinence, lack of core strength, and discomfort during sex all have in common? They result from a weak pelvic floor.
At BeachGlo Aesthetics, we can treat all of these concerns using a revolutionary treatment called Emsella. In this blog, we’ll talk all about what the pelvic floor does and explore your options for pelvic floor treatment in Nags Head.
What does the pelvic floor help with?
Your pelvic floor supports many other organs and bodily functions. This grouping of muscles and connective tissue works with other parts of your body to stabilize your core, supports your organs from pressure changes, plays a part in intimate health, and assists with natural bodily functions, like urination and defecation. Our treatments can also address symptoms of sexual dysfunction that are caused by a weakened pelvic floor.
Bladder
The pelvic floor supports your bladder and your urethra, which allows you to control when you urinate and when you “hold it.” Many patients who have weakened pelvic floors struggle with stress incontinence (the inability to control when they urinate) and urge incontinence (rushing to the bathroom and not being able to make it). For patients with pelvic-floor related urinary incontinence, external impact or pressure changes like coughing, sneezing, jumping, running, or laughing can cause leaking or involuntary urination. Thankfully, we help patients with this issue using pelvic floor treatment in Nags Head.
Prostate
For males or AMAB people, a weakened pelvic floor can also impact the prostate by not being able to apply proper pressure to it. This can not only worsen symptoms of urinary incontinence, but can also cause symptoms of sexual dysfunction. This can include difficulty achieving or keeping an erection, premature ejaculation, or inability to orgasm. This can especially impact those that have their prostate removed due to cancer. Pelvic floor therapy can help restore function of the muscles surrounding the prostate after prostate removal surgery. This helps speed up healing and allows the patient to return to their normal life.
Uterus
For those who have a uterus, the pelvic floor helps hold the uterus in its rightful place. When the pelvic floor becomes weak, the uterus can slowly sink, and eventually prolapse, or drop down into the vaginal canal. While our options for pelvic floor treatment in Nags Head can help strengthen the pelvic floor to prevent uterine prolapse, we cannot reverse existing cases, and we recommend you visit your gynecologist to discuss your options to return your uterus to its correct position.
Pelvis & Spine
The pelvic floor also helps to support your spine. When the pelvic floor becomes weak, it can cause an unstable core, improper alignment, back pain, or joint issues. Strengthening your pelvic floor could help resolve what may seem like a myriad of unconnected issues.
What causes a weak pelvic floor?
Your pelvic floor can weaken for a number of reasons, and here are some common causes we see.
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Becoming pregnant, giving birth, and having a cesarean section can put a lot of strain on the pelvic floor at once. This caused the muscle to stretch beyond its natural limit and weaken the pelvic floor.
Obesity
Excess weight also puts a lot of strain on the pelvic floor, since fat stored in the abdominal area adds more pressure to those muscles. If there is more weight than the pelvic floor can naturally hold, this can cause the muscles and tissues to stretch over time and become weak. A combination of weight loss and pelvic floor treatments in Nags Head can help with obesity-caused pelvic floor concerns.
Chronic Constipation
Your pelvic floor helps you “hold it” when you have to urinate or defecate. However, issues like chronic constipation also put too much strain on these muscles. Over time, this can cause the muscles to become weak and not function as well as they should.
Improper Lifting
If you have a job or hobby where you lift heavy things often, then you may also experience issues with a weak pelvic floor. The pelvic floor muscles help stabilize your core when you lift something, and without the proper technique, repeated lifting can overwork and strain the pelvic floor muscles. Providing proper rest to your muscles can help, as can our pelvic floor treatments in Nags Head.
Hormonal Changes
Hormonal changes like the ones we experience during menopause and male menopause (andropause) cause many different symptoms, including weakness in your pelvic floor. A combination of reduced blood flow and a loss of elasticity can impact the strength of your pelvic floor.
Surgery
Having surgery on the pelvic floor or the surrounding area can significantly impact your pelvic floor strength. Surgery on any muscle causes the muscle to weaken, especially the pelvic floor. And while the muscle heals, this puts strain on your other muscles, which could lead to muscular imbalance. This causes strain and pain in your pelvic floor and surrounding areas. However, our options for pelvic floor treatment in Nags Head can prevent and reverse muscle imbalance.
Your Solution to a Weak Pelvic Floor
At BeachGlo, we provide the latest technology to help you with your concerns, including a weakened pelvic floor. Emsella, a revolutionary pelvic floor treatment, uses HIFEM (high-intensity focused electromagnetic energy) to stimulate over 11,000 contractions within your pelvic floor muscles in just a 28-minute session.
Those contractions restore and strengthen your pelvic floor in a completely noninvasive way—meaning you do not need to remove your clothes, receive injections, or have treatment probes inserted. The noninvasive nature also means Emsella works for both men and women.
The Emsella Process
The Emsella process is simple, comfortable, and fast. Here, we break down what you experience if you choose this pelvic floor treatment in Nags Head.
Consultation
Before undergoing Emsella, you first meet with one of our expert providers for a consultation. They listen to your concerns and ask about your medical history. This helps them understand any causes and symptoms of pelvic floor weakness we need to address.
Once they form a clear picture of your needs and goals, your provider works with you to create a customized care plan. This could include multiple treatments if your pelvic floor dysfunction has multiple causes, or this can simply include Emsella.
Treatment
After your consultation, you and your provider schedule your first Emsella appointment, and advise what to wear for your first treatment. These instructions help you better prepare for your appointment, and achieve the best results possible.
When you arrive for your appointment, your provider has you rest, fully clothed, in the Emsella chair. For 28 minutes, you sit while the noninvasive electromagnetic pulses contract your pelvic floor muscles. This may feel odd, but you should remain comfortable during the entire process.
Results
After your pelvic floor treatment in Nags Head, your provider will help you schedule your next few appointments—you need multiple to achieve the best results. We like to give your pelvic floor time to rest, so we typically schedule 1 to 2 sessions per week, spacing each session out about 3 to 6 days apart.
Core To Floor
Because the pelvic floor has such close ties to your abdominal muscle and core strength, we often like to pair it with Emsculpt NEO, in a treatment plan we call “core to floor.” Emsculpt NEO uses the same HIFEM technology with radiofrequency to simultaneously build muscle and melt fat on areas like the abdomen.
When we pair Emsculpt NEO with Emsella, the combination helps improve the strength and overall function of your core by building both the pelvic floor and abdominal muscles.
During your consultation, your provider will talk with you about your concerns. If you would like to improve your core strength, you evaluate together if including Emsculpt NEO in your treatment plan would help you accomplish your goals.
Know Before You Go
Feeling in control is good—both controlling when you go to the bathroom and taking control over your health and wellness with expert care. If you think Emsella will help address your concerns, you can request an appointment with one of our expert providers and begin your journey towards an improved pelvic floor.
If you’re not sure Emsella is right for you, you can use our complimentary virtual consultation tool before committing to a consultation. When you share your concerns and goals, we can recommend the best options for treatment based on your unique needs. We’ll do everything we can to help you make the best decisions about your health and your body.
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