Women’s Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Services Now Available

As we work to provide services most needed for our community, we continue to expand the offerings in our women’s health area. New to DCH is a Women’s Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation program. Through a partnership between our Gynecologist Dr. Earle M. Pescatore, Jr., DO, MHA, FACOG, and our Occupational Therapist Taylor Kohlwey, OTR/L, CLT, Decatur County Hospital now offers Women’s Pelvic Floor Therapy services to women in our community.

Our program may help with the following pelvic floor dysfunctions:

Urogynecological and orthopedic pain syndromes such as pain or difficulty with intimacy or insertion of devices used during menstrual cycle, chronic pelvic pain, vulvar pain, symptoms associated with endometriosis, interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, and pelvic organ prolapse.

Urinary and voiding conditions such as stress incontinence (loss of urine on physical exertion such as cough, sneeze, laugh, sports), urge incontinence (loss of urine associated with urgency), nocturnal enuresis (loss of urine during sleep), and coital incontinence (loss of urine during coitus).

Our Women’s Pelvic Floor Therapy program therapist will do a comprehensive evaluation of your movement and function including assessment and treatment of strength, range of motion, and coordination of your pelvic floor and the surrounding structures. Treatment may include strengthening, breathing exercises, stretching and relaxation techniques, biofeedback training including electrical stimulation, at home exercises, and other techniques to manage symptoms.

If an individual situation requires more intervention than can be achieved with the rehabilitation program, Dr. Pescatore provides guidance on other interventions available at Decatur County Hospital.

If you feel you could benefit from our Women’s Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation program, call us at 641-446-2285 to schedule an appointment. You can also visit www.www.decaturcountyhospital.org/pf to learn more.

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