Urogynaecology - incontinence and prolapse

Patient information leaflets

• Overactive bladder - advice for people who just 'cannot hold on'
• Urogynaecology Bladder Diary
• Fluids and your bladder
• Bladder re-training - treatment for urgency and urge incontinence
• Nocturia - getting up at night to pass urine

Treatments for overactive bladder

• Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Overactive Bladder Symptoms | British Society of Urogynaecology
• Botox injections to treat overactive bladder | British Society of Urogynaecology

Surgery and treatment options

• Surgery for stress urinary incontinence patient decision aid | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• Urethral bulking to treat stress urinary incontinence | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Colposuspension for stress urinary incontinence | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Autologous fascial sling to treat stress urinary incontinence (BSUG)

• Pelvic organ prolapse: a guide for women | Pelvic obstetric and gynaecological physiotherapy
• Pelvic organ prolapse | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

Pelvic floor health and exercises

• Caring for your pelvic floor including pelvic floor exercises
• How to do your pelvic floor exercises
• Pelvic floor relaxation exercises for women
• Diaphragmatic breathing

Pelvic health 6-week programme

• Phase 1: Finding the Pelvic Floor
• Phase 2 - Control and Coordination
• Phase 3 - Endurance & the 'Knack'
• Phase 4 - Upright Control
• Phase 5 - Building Endurance
• Phase 6 - Functional Integration

Bladder health

• Happy, healthy bladder
• Pelvic health - urinary symptoms
• Overactive bladder

Bowel health

• Happy, healthy bowel
• Pelvic health - bowel function
• Bowel incontinence
• How to have a poo
• Natural constipation relief in 3 easy steps - Moo to poo

Menopause

• Genitourinary Symptoms of the Menopause

Pelvic pain

• Chronic pelvic pain
• Sexual Pain (Dyspareunia)

Returning to activity

• Returning to running

Pelvic floor information

• The pelvic floor muscles - a guide for women | Pelvic obstetric and gynaecological physiotherapy

Vaginal prolapse

• Pelvic health - pelvic organ prolapse
• How physiotherapy can help with a vaginal prolapse
• Vaginal Prolapse and Pessary Use

Anyone registered with a GP in Suffolk or North East Essex is eligible to self-refer for free NHS physiotherapy.
Make a physiotherapy self-referral with Allied Health Professionals Suffolk

• Having a vaginal pessary for pelvic organ prolapse

• Anterior vaginal wall repair without the use of mesh | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Posterior vaginal wall repair without the use of mesh | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Operations to treat prolapse of the uterus (womb prolapse) | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Vaginal hysterectomy for uterine prolapse | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Sacrospinous fixation (SSF) for prolapse of the uterus (womb) or prolapse of the vaginal vault (top of vagina) | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Sacrohysteropexy for uterine prolapse (womb prolapse) | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)
• Surgery for uterine prolapse patient decision aid | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• Complications following urogynaecology surgery

• Pelvic floor repair operation – recovering well | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
• Vaginal hysterectomy – recovering well | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

• Obesity: effect on the pelvic floor and risk for surgery | British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)

• Patient initiated follow up (PIFU) for patients seen in the urogynaecology clinic