Emsella versus other Incontinence Treatments
WE’VE ALL FACED MOMENTS OF URGENCY, THAT DESPERATE SENSATION WHEN THE BLADDER SEEMS READY TO BURST AND THERE’S NO LOO IN SIGHT. WHILE SOME ENCOUNTER THIS SITUATION SPORADICALLY, FOR OTHERS, IT’S A DAILY STRUGGLE, SEVERELY IMPACTING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
IN THE UK ALONE, OVER SEVEN MILLION INDIVIDUALS CONFRONT URINARY INCONTINENCE DAILY, WITH MANY MORE EITHER UNTREATED OR RELUCTANT TO SEEK HELP DUE TO EMBARRASSMENT.
Thankfully technological advances in the medical industry introduce new easier, more achievable solutions to addressing the symptoms of incontinence. The Emsella Chair is a groundbreaking innovation, receiving FDA clearance and originating from a leading authority in urinary incontinence therapies.
HOW DOES EMSELLA WORK?
EMSELLA uses HIFEM technology, equipped with a potent magnet, it generates an electromagnetic field to cause deep and intense muscle contractions over the whole pelvic floor area restoring neuromuscular control, and enhancing the communication between the brain and the organs of the pelvic region.
A single session causes thousands of supramaximal pelvic-floor muscle contractions, which are extremely important in muscle re-education, and improvement of intimate wellbeing.
In under 30 minutes, the chair administers the equivalent of a staggering 11,000 Kegel exercises, I think we can agree, an unrivalled pelvic floor strengthening workout!
Like any other muscle in the body, you need to keep it fit. Consistent use of the Emsella chair in the form of 3-6 monthly topups maintains pelvic floor strength and continues to enhance communication between the bladder and brain, further improving bladder function.
Incredibly, its applications extend beyond the bladder to tighten the vaginal canal, increasing sexual satisfaction in women and addressing erectile dysfunction in men.
EMSELLA & KEGEL EXERCISES
Kegel exercises (also called pelvic floor exercises) help strengthen your pelvic floor muscles, and are functionally the same effect and outcome as Emsella, and if don’t correctly as part of a daily routine, are enough to maintain the strength built up by Emsella treatments.
Kegels are easy to incorporate into your daily exercise routine, but the technique and locating your pelvic floor muscles can be difficult to master and be effective enough to make a difference. Kegels involve lying on your back, locating the pelvic floor muscles, tightening and then releasing to strengthen them.
Kegel exercises help keep your pelvic floor muscles “fit.” Much like you may strengthen other muscles in your body by a gym workout, lifting weights, doing Kegels is a way to keep your pelvic floor muscles strong. Kegel exercises can give you better control over your bladder and bowels and prevent your pelvic muscles from getting weak.
Emsella is designed to work in conjunction with Kegel exercises to give your pelvic floor an initial strengthening boost with a course of treatments back to back, followed by 3-6 monthly topups to maintain the strength in the long term.
This powerful combination of Emsella and Kegels is proving to be successful treatment plan for reducing the symptoms of:
Urinary incontinence (leaking pee).
Urge incontinence (an urgent need to pee).
Fecal incontinence (leaking poo).
Pelvic organ prolapse (pelvic organs sagging or bulging into your vagina).
HOW DOES EMSELLA COMPARE TO OTHER IN-CLINIC TREATMENTS?
Emsella is the only procedure that targets pelvic floor muscles and causes deep pelvic floor stimulation because of the HIFEM technology employed.
Other treatments like intravaginal electro stimulations only treat the vaginal mucosal layer and they have high risk of burns and lack the effect of the electrical current that treats tissue superficially.
With lasers and other intravaginal devices, they are not treating the muscle, rather treating vagina canal. This treatment is more invasive as you are having a probe inserted into your vagina so it is quite invasive. With Emsella you are stimulating the muscle and core issue so you can remain fully clothed.
There are is a huge market for pelvic floor tightening tools which have their place at encouraging the correct technique and helping to locate the right pelvic floor muscles, but the process can be time consuming and hard to maintain as a daily routine given our busy lives!
WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM THE EMSELLA TREATMENT?
During each 28-minute session you sit comfortably on the Emsella chair while it generates thousands of supramaximal pelvic floor muscle contractions.
The procedure is non-invasive, and you remain fully clothed throughout, all you will feel is a slight tingling during the treatment. With no recovery time needed you can leave immediately after each session and resume normal daily activity.
The majority of people need a course of six sessions over a period of three weeks to see optimum results, with most people seeing and feeling results after just two or three treatment sessions.
We offer consultations and taster sessions for Emsella at our Marlow clinic, so why not come and try it for yourself? You can book online here, or call us on 01628 308060 or email hello@springwellclinic.co.uk.