There are a range of Bladder treatment options. Bladder problems can usually be cured or at least managed so that they do not interfere with your everyday life. There are a number of simple treatments, along with more permanent procedures if required.
Retraining the bladder with the help of a physiotherapist can help you learn to suppress or ignore the desire to pass water, so you can return to a more normal pattern of going to the toilet.
Exercising the pelvic floor muscles by simply lifting and squeezing is important for anyone with signs of stress incontinence and particularly for women who are pregnant or who have recently had children. These exercises can be done at home but better results are obtained when strengthening of the pelvic floor is co-ordinated by a qualified physiotherapist.
In some more extreme cases, surgery may be recommended to help bladder problems. A newer type of surgery for stress incontinence in women is called TVT (Tension-free Vaginal Tape). Here, a synthetic tape is inserted into the vagina, which remains permanently in place to support the bladder when it is put under stress; results for this procedure are extremely encouraging. It is important to stress however, that no one treatment will suit every woman, so it is important to discuss all the options available before making a decision.
