The Wave Brilliance
Pelvic Floor Therapy System is a non-surgical therapy for the treatment of stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence & in both women & men. For patients whose difficulties stem from a weakening of their pelvic floor muscles, Wave Brilliance can offer unique therapeutic benefits. Unlike other therapy options, ExMI exercises all of the muscles in the pelvic floor to rebuild strength and endurance and restore bladder & bowel control. ExMI accomplishes this while the patient sits fully clothed in a comfortable chair.
The technology that makes this treatment possible is Extracorporeal Magnetic Innervation, or ExMI™ for short. The process is similar to Kegel exercises for the pelvic floor. While conventional Kegel exercises (or “Kegels”) enhanced by biofeedback techniques can help to restore continence, we often perform the exercises incorrectly, incompletely, or inconsistently. With ExMI, the system performs the exercises for the patient in a more complete and effective manner than the patient could do on their own. No active participation by the patient is required.
How ExMI™ Works:
It’s a lot simpler than you might think. ExMI technology produces highly focused pulsed magnetic fields. To receive treatment, patients simply sit in a specially designed chair that allows the therapeutic fields to be easily aimed at the muscles of the pelvic floor that control continence. The pelvic floor muscles contract and relax with each magnetic pulse, creating a physical exercise like any other muscular workout, except the brain is not directing the contraction – ExMI is. One way to think of ExMI is as an automatic Kegel exercise machine or pelvic floor gym.
ExMI™ Treatments:
Before receiving ExMI treatment, a patient needs to be fully assessed, to make sure their bladder control problem is the type that can be helped by ExMI therapy. Once it has been determined that the cause of the condition is weakened pelvic floor muscles, ExMI may be prescribed. Doctors/nurses have the liberty to create highly specific prescriptions for each patient to ensure the highest probability of improvement. After the initial diagnostic consultation, treatments can be performed in an office environment.
During treatment, a patient sits fully clothed in a specially designed chair that has the ExMI technology embedded in the seat. The treatments, which are typically performed twice a week, are painless and take approximately 20 minutes. A complete course of treatment may take eight weeks or more, depending on the condition of the pelvic floor muscles when therapy is started. Scientific studies have shown that rebuilding the pelvic floor muscles with ExMI is effective in helping patients regain continence. In addition, patients treated with ExMI have reported significant improvements in their quality of life.
Over a course of ExMI treatments, the treating physician or staff can provide advice on how proper diet-voiding habits and exercise can help ensure long-term freedom from the worries of urinary or faecal leakage. ExMI Therapy is not appropriate for all patients. The treating practitioner will determine if ExMI is right for you.
Our treatment course utilises ExMI™ therapy as an adjunct to established guidelines of the National Continence Management Strategy, concentrating on five primary requirements:
1. Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
2. Diet evaluation & adjustment
3. Bladder retraining
4. Education and training in Kegel pelvic floor exercises to maintain muscle tone following the ExMI™ treatment
5. Patient education & lifestyle adjustments
INCONTINENCE
Wave Brilliance Australia is providing non-invasive healing therapy for people troubled by Incontinence, otherwise known as Bladder Weakness
Incontinence treatment can be simple, and provided by respected doctors who could help restore your dignity. Painlessly.
Treatment sessions last for 22 minutes and will exercise the pelvic floor muscles 20 times more effectively that you could manage yourself, even if you were proficient at Kegal Exercises.
BLADDER TRAINING
The aim of bladder retraining is to restore your bladder capacity to a more normal and convenient pattern of passing urine, three to four hourly during the day, and only once during the night, or better still not at all during the night.
Bladder retraining will help people with frequency, urgency and/or stress incontinence.
TRAINING PROCEDURE
Hanging on when you have the urge to pass urine. Try to suppress the urge as soon as it is felt, by standing or sitting still, rather than immediately running to the toilet. Some people find that doing pelvic floor exercises helps to suppress the urge and reduce the likelihood of leakage.
Gradually extend the interval between the first sensation or urgency and visiting the toilet by “hanging on”, first for two (2) minutes, then five (5), then ten (10), then half an hour and so on…., until you are only passing urine three (3) or four (4) hourly.
Drink eight (8) to ten (10) glasses/cups of fluid each day. (Preferably water)
Limit tea/coffee, alcohol or coke (limit caffeine intake).
Don’t drink large quantities of fluid after evening meal.
Empty bladder well before bed time.
Bladder retraining takes time and persistence and is well worth the effort.
VALEWOOD CLINIC – FAMILY MEDICINE & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Wanda Street (Cnr Wellington Rd) Mulgrave Victoria 3170
TEL: (03) 9560 6655 or (03) 9560 6510
FAX: (03)9561 5317