Explore Your Treatment Options for Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is the inability to control bladder leakage. There are three main types: stress incontinence, urge incontinence, and mixed incontinence, a combination of the two. This condition occurs when the bladder cannot relax, causing the need to urinate every 20 minutes or so. In women, it most often occurs due to vaginal childbirth, weight gain, smoking, heavy lifting, and more.

Fortunately, there are treatment options available. Discover the treatment options available for urinary incontinence in Woodlands, TX, at Woodland OBGYN Associates.

Urinary Incontinence Treatment

When you come to Woodlands OBGYN Associates for urinary incontinence treatment, we will assess the type of incontinence you have and its possible causes. In some cases, treatment may include lifestyle and diet changes, such as reducing caffeine, minimizing fluid intake, and losing weight if that is the cause of your urinary incontinence. From there, we may also teach you how to perform kegel exercises, which can strengthen your vaginal muscles and minimize urinary incontinence. There are also certain medications that we can prescribe if necessary.

If these less invasive methods do not work, we can provide a few different in-office treatments that may strengthen and improve your vaginal muscles. These include:

• The O-Shot: This procedure utilizes blood platelets from another part of the body to be injected into the vaginal area. The platelets can heal injured tissue and promote new blood flow, helping to treat urinary incontinence and improve sexual interactions. A numbing cream is applied to prevent discomfort during the injection, and the procedure lasts about 20 minutes.
• MonaLisa Touch: This laser stimulates collagen production and vascular growth, improving moisture and thickening tissue. By strengthening the vaginal walls, it can give you more control over urinary incontinence.
• Emsella: With Emsella, you will sit in a specially designed chair for approximately 30 minutes. During this time, it will contract your vaginal muscles, giving the same result as about 11,000 kegels.

In each of these procedures, the goal is to strengthen the vaginal walls, thereby giving you more control over your bladder and reducing urinary incontinence.

If these treatments do not work, we can also use surgical methods.

Schedule a Consultation

No matter the cause of your urinary incontinence, you do not have to continue to live with it. Our team at Woodland OBGYN Associates will work with you to determine the best treatment plan for you. If you’re in The Woodlands or Shenandoah, TX, area, contact our office at 281-364-9898 to schedule a consultation for urinary incontinence treatment today.