Types of Incontinence

• Stress incontinence: leakage during coughing, sneezing, laughing, jumping, lifting

• Urge incontinence: leakage during a trigger such as the sound of running water, getting into the elevator, opening house’s door

• Runner’s incontinence: leakage during running

• Weight lifter’s incontinence: leakage during heavy weight lifting training
  

Incontinence Assessments

During your first session, your physiotherapist will monitor your level of incontinence with:

• A fluid intake diary and/or bladder output diary

• Manual testing of pelvic floor muscles to check for strength and asymmetry

• Biofeedback machine to determine the exact strength of pelvic floor muscles

• Electric stimulation to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles

• Post Electric Stimulation Biofeedback machine to reassess the pelvic floor muscle strength

• Abdominal Separation assessment to determine the severity of abdominal separation
  

Incontinence Treatments and Advice

• Listing of bladder irritants, including food and fluid to avoid

• Biofeedback machine: to determine the exact strength of pelvic floor muscles

• Electric stimulation: to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles

• Post electric stimulation Biofeedback machine: to reassess the pelvic floor muscles
  strength

• Kegel exercises

• Incontinence incident diary

• Pelvic floor muscle educator

*The parameter of the electric stimulation and the type of Kegel exercises suggested will depend on the type of incontinence experienced.