Urology Associates: Continence Center

Urology Associates, PC now brings effective incontinence treatment to the forefront of the practice. We established the Center for Urinary Continence to provide specialized comprehensive services for the treatment of all types of urinary incontinence.

-- Causes of Urinary Incontinence
-- What is Urinary Incontinence?
-- Three Types of Urinary Incontinence
-- Services of the Center for Urinary Continence
-- Why Use the Center for Urinary Continence?
-- Location

Don't Suffer Needlessly. . .

Loss of bladder control affects at least one of every 10 adults. Half of all women experience urinary incontinence (the accidental loss of urine) at some point in their lives. Although it is more common in women, children and men also experience urinary incontinence.

The problem is all around us, yet almost no one talks about it. Even fewer seek treatments that can help them. Only 50% of those with some form of incontinence ever tell their physicians.

Causes of Urinary Incontinence

Involuntary loss of urine (incontinence) is not a normal part of aging, but it is a symptom of other medical problems. Incontinence may be the result of pelvic muscles weakened from childbirth, stroke, diabetes, bladder infection, side effects of medication, prior surgery, or radiation treatments.

What is Urinary Incontinence?

Urinary Incontinence is an unplanned loss of urine. Urine loss can be in large amounts or only a few drops. People with urinary incontinence often need to protect themselves with diapers or pads. Urine loss can often be cured or improved. Millions suffer needlessly from embarrassment and discomfort. Understanding the problem is the first step in helping you gain control. The goal of our program is to help you stay drier and reduce the need for protection.

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Three Types Of Incontinence:

Urge Incontinence: Having a strong desire to urinate and being unable to wait long enough to get to the toilet. Frequency can also be a problem.
Stress Incontinence: Leaking urine when you sneeze, cough, laugh, exercise or life heavy objects.
Overflow Incontinence: Dribbling urine throughout the day and never feeling like you have completely emptied your bladder.

Services of the Center for Urinary Continence

We help people manage urine loss, frequency, and urgency. Patients have access to the following range of services as needed.

Assessment of the problem
Exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor muscles
Fluid and dietary management
Biofeedback to help you learn to find and work your pelvic floor muscles
Relaxation exercises to help control the urgency to void
Appropriate medication therapy
Bladder training to manage leakage, establish a schedule of voiding and help with frequency

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Why Use the Center for Urinary Continence?

Individualized Care: The Center for Urinary Continence is a comprehensive service for the treatment of all types of urinary incontinence: stress, urge, frequency, overflow and pelvic floor problems. Typical patients that can be helped are described as the following:

Pre and post menopausal females experiencing uring leakage.

Men who become incontinent after prostate or pelvic surgery.

People who may suffer from incontinence due to stroke or other central nervous system disorder.

Professional Medical Staff: A board certified urologist monitors the assessment of each patient's problem and supervises the design of the treatment program. The continence treatment program is coordinated by specially trained nurses with expertise in managing voiding problems. The staff at the Center for Urinary Continence is accustomed to working with your primary physician to coordinate your ongoing care. If you become a candidate for surgical treatment, you will be referred to the physician you or your primary physician chooses, or the Center for Urinary continence will be happy to refer you to one of their 27 affiliated urologists.

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Location

The Center for Urinary Continence is located at 2801 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209.
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