Urinary Incontinence Treatment | Santa Fe

One in three women experience bladder leakage when they laugh, sneeze, exercise, lift something heavy, run or exert themselves. This involuntary “peeing” which can occur without warning is called stress urinary incontinence. It can be frustrating, embarrassing and disrupt your life. Stress urinary incontinence typically occurs after vaginal delivery, or when the hormone changes due to menopause have caused the muscles and pelvic tissues supporting the bladder to thin and become weak.

Santa Fe OBGYN offers surgical and non-surgical treatments that can be the solution for urinary incontinence in women – including advanced Pelvic Floor Therapy with Jacqueline Maestas, DPT, a licensed physical therapist specializing in pelvic health.

Before determining the best treatment for a woman’s urinary incontinence, it is important to identify which type of incontinence she has. Stress urinary incontinence causes a woman’s bladder to leak when she laughs, coughs, or exerts herself.  However, urge incontinence – also referred to as overactive bladder – is characterized by a feeling of needing to urinate all the time, or the bladder emptying suddenly without warning.

For many women, medications, topical hormones, pelvic floor therapy, pessaries and other non-invasive treatments may be the best remedy for certain types of urinary incontinence. In more severe cases of incontinence, surgical intervention may be the best option. Our gynecologists will work with you to determine the best treatment for your urinary incontinence issues – so you can stop the bladder leaks and get your life back on track!