Women’s Urological Health
At Pillar Health, we provide dedicated, compassionate care for women experiencing stress and urge incontinence, interstitial cystitis, frequent UTIs, and chronic pelvic pain. Our approach is centered on restoring your daily comfort and confidence through personalized, evidence-based treatment.
Understanding Incontinence
Managing bladder health is a journey toward reclaiming your daily comfort. Stress incontinence occurs when physical activity like coughing or sneezing puts pressure on the bladder, while urge incontinence involves a sudden, intense need to urinate. Whether you experience one or both, a professional evaluation is the first step toward effective treatment, helping you live with renewed confidence and ease.
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Stress Incontinence
Stress incontinence is the leaking of urine that happens without the urge to urinate. Specifically, stress incontinence occurs with stress on the pelvis with activities like coughing, sneezing, laughing or picking up heavy objects.
Stress incontinence is very common and is managed with targeted pelvic exercises and at times surgical intervention.
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Overactive Bladder
Overactive bladder is best described as bothersome urinary frequency with urgently rushing to the toilet or urinating frequently. It is commmonly associated with leaking and incontinence. Overactive bladder is best managed with lifestyle changes, medication management and occaisonally interventions such as bladder botox or surgery.
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Interstitial Cystitis & Pelvic Pain
Chronic pelvic pain and interstitial cystitis is characterized by persistent pelvic pain, bladder pain and pain without urination in the abscense of infection or other causative factors. Interstitial cystitis and pelvic pain can have a debilitating affect on life with a negative impact on functional health, sexual health and quality of life.
Treatment options include personalized physical therapy plans, medication management, lifestyle modification, bladder instillations and bladder injections.
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Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
UTI's can range from simple and bothersome to severe and life threatening with roughly 700,000 deaths per year in American women. Most UTI’s happen when bacteria that normally lives in the bowel get into the urethra (the tube that carries urine out of the bladder) and travels up into the bladder. The most common bacteria is E. Coli. Because a women’s urethra is short and close to the vagina and anus, women get more UTI’s then men.
UTI symptoms include: burning or pain with urinating, needing to urinate more often or urgently, passing only small amounts of urine, blood in the urine or pressure/pain in the low belly or bladder.
Treatment options include antibiotics with preventative methods including increased fluid intake, scheduled urination, urinating after sex, natural supplements and estrogen inside the vagina.
Review Your Symptoms
We invite you to take the first step toward lasting relief. During your initial consultation, we will carefully review your symptoms, discuss specialized testing, and explore personalized treatment options tailored to your needs. Schedule your visit today to regain your daily comfort and confidence.