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Women's Health is a branch of health care dedicated to problems related to the female reproductive system. Pregnancy and childbirth can often times be blamed for "women's health problems," however C.A.R.E. Physical Therapy can help resolve these complaints and give you the tools to maintain good women's health.

Stress Incontinence

If your pelvic floor muscles are too weak or long, the increased pressure in your abdomen from a sneeze or cough overcomes the strength of your pelvic floor muscles and causes urine to leak; this is called stress incontinence. Our therapists can help you strengthen these muscles to achieve greater control and stability.

Urge incontinence

Urge incontinence is also the leaking of urine, though it tends to have triggers (such as running water or cold weather) and can limit the amount of time between bathroom trips. Urge incontinence is also caused by a weakness of the pelvic floor muscles, though there is often a psychological and/or neurological component.

Vestibulitis/Vulvadynia

Vestibulitis and vulvadynia both refer to pain in the female reproductive organs. Since muscle spasm and nerve pain aggravate the discomfort of these disorders, physical therapy using biofeedback has been successful in alleviating patients' symptoms.

Whether you have incontinence or any other type of pelvic pain, it is important to have a complete physical therapy evaluation to determine the cause of your problems and to treat them directly and efficiently.