Pelvic Floor Muscle Training
Doing 20 “Quick” Pelvic Muscle Strengthening Exercises
- Pelvic muscle training doing 2-second muscle squeezes
Doing 20 “Slow” Pelvic Muscle Strengthening Exercises
- Pelvic muscle training doing 10-second muscle squeezes
Doing Pelvic Muscle Exercises with 20 “Quick” and 20 “Slow” Pelvic Muscle Strengthening Exercises
- Doing training sessions of 20 “quick flicks” 2-sec and 20 “slow” 10-sec slow squeezes
Controlling Bladder Urgency, Frequency, and Incontinence (Bladder Leaks)
- All about bladder urgency and incontinence
- Doing urge suppression for bladder urgency
- Session of 10-second long muscle squeezes (muscle contractions)
Practicing “Slow” Pelvic Muscle Squeezes to Stop Incontinence (Bladder Leaks)
- Session of 10-second long muscle contractions
Practicing “Quick” and “Slow” Pelvic Muscle Exercises to Strengthen the Muscle and Stop Incontinence (Bladder Leaks)
- Overview on how to use the pelvic muscles to prevent urine leakage
- Session of ten 2-second fast muscle squeezes
- Session of ten 10-second slow muscle squeezes
Stress Incontinence (Bladder Leaks), Session of “Quick” and “Slow” Pelvic Muscle Strengthening Exercises
- Pelvic muscle training doing 2-second muscle squeezes
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Diane K. Newman is an Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. She is the former Co-Director of the Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, Division of Urology, Penn Medicine, in Philadelphia. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Urologic Nurses and Associates. She is certified as an adult nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and Board Certified in Biofeedback for Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction by the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America.
Dr. Newman has 35+ years of experience practicing as a urology advanced practice provider and continence nurse specialist. Her clinical expertise involves the evaluation, treatment, and management of urinary incontinence, bladder dysfunction, and related problems, including the use of catheters and other devices in the management of bladder and pelvic floor conditions. Throughout her career, she has evaluated and treated men and women with urologic disorders in multiple settings: acute care, long-term, and home care, with 23 years in an ambulatory practice at the Division of Urology at the University of Pennsylvania.
