physical therapy offers a wide range of possibilities for treating pelvic floor dysfunction

Madrid, October 2011.- The Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad San Pablo CEU, Myriam Cabrera Guerra, has ensured that physical therapy offers a wide range of possibilities for treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction.

As pointed out Cabrera, the dysfunction of pelvic floor, such as urinary incontinence, are often hidden health problems which impair the quality of life, limited autonomy and have an impact in the field of psycho-social, occupational, emotional and sexual, increased the use of socio-health and family resources, resulting in a great economic expense ”.

Epidemiological data confirm that this condition is becoming a real public health problem, since it is estimated that one of the three most frequent perineal conditions (urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic prolapse) can affect up to one-third of adult women.

As has been explained Cabrera, although males can also be affected by these disease, the woman is undoubtedly the main patient consultation by symptoms related to pelvic floor dysfunction.

Also highlighted sport, constipation, chronic respiratory conditions, work, obesity, and age, among others, as elements of risk that impair the pelvic ground early. However, and taking into account these general risk factors, the main factor that triggers these perineal pathologies is delivery.

In this line, has ensured the perineal re-education covers four areas: Urology, gynaecology and obstetrics, Coloproctology and Fisiosexología. For this reason, it has been said, physical therapy offers a wide range of possibilities of treatment with different techniques contribute to improve and cure these diseases ”.

The main thing emphasised Cabrera, is perineal assessment that enables to achieve an accurate diagnosis, to raise the appropriate treatment. Techniques are many and varied, and combining them in an appropriate manner can cure or improve up to 80% the pathology ”, pointed out.

CGCFE

The General Council of physiotherapists schools of Spain (CGCFE) is the body that represents more than 40,000 physiotherapists, in Spain, dealing with the common goal of promoting the health of citizens. In addition, orders the profession, guardianship the interests of physiotherapy, as well as its optimal implementation and universalization.

Physiotherapists are health professionals, as foreseen in existing legislation, accredited with the University degree in physical therapy, taught at 43 universities and holders of knowledge and skills designed to benefit the health of the population. Furthermore, there is a greater number of doctorates and masters, to ensure their high qualification.