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Q&A: Do women who have never had children experience incontinence with or after menopause?

June 14, 2018/in Conditions/by Jeanne Scheele, PT

Q: Do women who have never had children experience incontinence with or after menopause? There are estrogen receptors on muscles, including the bladder, so if a woman never had a child – and therefore never stretched out her pelvic floor – would she still have incontinence because she has so little estrogen?

A: Thank you for your great question. Women who never have given birth, can and do experience urinary incontinence peri or post-menopause. It is true that over time, our bodies become depleted of estrogen. However, low estrogen is not the only factor contributing to incontinence.

Good hormonal health is a balance of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. The onset of urinary incontinence can be attributed to an accumulation of many issues: A history of urinary tract infections, obesity, constipation, hormonal imbalance, high-stress lifestyle, overactive abdominals, sedentary lifestyle, abdominal, pelvic, low back, hip surgical procedures, certain medications, gradual pelvic floor weakness. This list is not complete, but you get the picture. The reasons for incontinence are multiple; a “stretched-out” pelvic floor or not, is only one consideration.

Thanks!

Jeanne Scheele, PT, PRPC

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Jeanne Scheele, P.T., Receives Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner Certification

June 6, 2017/in News/by Kaplan Center

The Kaplan Center congratulates our Director of Physical Therapy, Jeanne Scheele, on earning her Certification as a Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner from the Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute; a distinction of her expertise in treating pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD)!
PFD has been a special interest for Jeanne over the last 20 years. She has worked with women and men treating a variety of pelvic conditions including incontinence, frequency/ urgency, chronic UTI’s and painful urination, pelvic pain, bowel dysfunction and sexual dysfunction.
Jeanne met the requirements to sit for the exam by attending lecture and experiential courses for continuing education in pelvic rehabilitation.
“I still have a passion to learn more. Every patient who comes to see me, teaches me something. You just have to listen. It is never too late to learn.”
https://kaplanclinic.com/articles/pelvic-floor-dysfunction-6-myths-busted/

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