Before receiving Emsella at Harbour Direct Primary Care, your provider will share several pre-care instructions that will help you prepare for treatment. However, our team understands that those who may not be familiar with pelvic floor therapy will want to know more before scheduling a consultation.
Here, we’ll explain what you should know before getting Emsella near Newport, RI, and how to determine if Emsella is right for you.
1) You Don’t Have to Remove Your Clothes
For many, pelvic floor therapy involves invasive procedures that require you to remove your clothes. However, Emsella removes the discomfort that can come from such treatments by using HIFEM (high-intensity focused electromagnetic) energy to stimulate contractions within your pelvic floor, strengthening the muscles to reduce your symptoms. You can relax comfortably, fully clothed, while the Emsella chair helps you restore strength and control to your pelvic floor.
2) It Can Treat Both Men & Women
Since Emsella is a noninvasive treatment for pelvic floor therapy, it can effectively treat both men and women. It can also be combined with other treatments for pelvic floor therapy to help improve your results.
3) You Will Need Maintenance Treatments
While Emsella can create long-lasting improvements, it will not deliver permanent results. While individual results vary, most patients will need maintenance treatments every 3 to 6 months to see continued results.
4) It Treats Stress incontinence
Emsella can treat stress incontinence, which is often caused by trauma that stretches and weakens the pelvic floor muscles; however, Emsella will only address the symptoms of urge incontinence. Urge incontinence is typically caused by an underlying medical condition, so you will need to address the main cause of the incontinence to truly resolve it..
5) It Helps With More Than Incontinence
Your pelvic floor helps with a number of bodily functions—not just urination. It impacts your sexual function, defecation, and more. Many patients have found that they see improvements beyond urinary incontinence, and it can be used alongside other therapies and treatments to address a myriad of concerns.
See if Emsella is Right for You
You can learn more about whether or not Emsella is the right treatment for you by using our treatment planning tool or scheduling an in-person consultation with one of our expert providers.
