What is the Pelvic Floor Center Hamburg? The Pelvic Floor Center Hamburg is not just one department, but we work hand in hand with many cooperation partners who have made the treatment of pelvic floor disorders their business.
What is the pelvic floor? To do this, you first need to know what the pelvic floor is in the first place and what important function it performs. Make an appointment. The pelvic floor is the muscles and ligaments that limit our abdominal cavity downward when we stand.
Why do we stand for plastic surgery of the pelvic floor? We stand for plastic-reconstructive surgery of the pelvic floor - without synthetic meshes: Using the body's own "material", pelvic floor injuries are corrected in a gentle manner. This approach produces less scarring and we try to restore a condition that existed before the deliveries at a younger age.
What are the specialists at the Pelvic Floor Center? Specialists at the Pelvic Floor Center have the sufficient qualifications, experience and scientific expertise to guarantee the conditions necessary for high-quality treatment.
What treatments are offered at a pelvic floor center? But surgical treatments are also offered in an interdisciplinary pelvic floor center. Whenever possible, experts for incontinence treatment always use minimally invasive surgical techniques. A special focus of every pelvic floor center is also the detailed continence counseling of patients.
Which disciplines are concerned with diseases of the pelvic floor?
Diseases of the pelvic floor as well as pelvic floor weakness and incontinence affect many medical disciplines, starting from gynecology to urology and proctology. In addition, nutritionists, neurologists, surgeons and physiotherapists are also part of an interdisciplinary pelvic floor team.
How does the pelvic floor hold the organs?
The pelvic floor holds the abdominal and especially the pelvic organs, which exert downward pressure as a result of the person's upright gait. It also supports the closure of the intestine, urethra and vagina.
How does the pelvic floor stabilize the organs? The pelvic floor stabilizes the pelvic organs, which exert downward pressure due to the human upright gait. However, it also has weak points due to the necessary openings for the intestines, urinary and genital organs.
What is an upright posture in the pelvic floor?
An upright posture positively influences the function of the pelvic floor and keeps its retaining ligaments/muscles in ideal tension and position. The pelvic floor should be considered in connection with the whole body, because it is a part of a common functional circuit.
What are the main focuses of the pelvic floor center?
A special focus of each pelvic floor center is also the detailed continence consultation of the patients. During the consultation hours, therapy options including surgical indications and procedures are discussed and decided on together with the patients afterwards.
How do we work at the Ruhr Area Pelvic Floor Center? At the Pelvic Floor Center Ruhr Area, we work together to develop an individual treatment concept for each patient with pelvic floor problems. This concept is developed in our weekly interdisciplinary conference, after detailed case presentation with presentations of all relevant findings.
What is a lowering of the pelvic floor?
The cause of descent is a weakness of the pelvic floor, which can be promoted, among other things, by pregnancy and childbirth, chronic physical stress, obesity, a congenital weakness of the connective tissue and a hormone deficiency due to menopause.
What can cause disorders in the pelvic floor?
Disorders in the pelvic floor area can therefore cause very different complaints. These are subsidence conditions with a feeling of foreign bodies, bladder problems (from urinary retention to incontinence) and bowel emptying disorders (constipation to the involuntary release of air).
What are the most important functions of the pelvic floor?
The three main functions of the pelvic floor are tension, relaxation and reflexive counteraction (tension as a possible reaction to an increase in pressure in the abdominal cavity). In both women and men, tension serves to ensure continence.
How does the correct activation of the pelvic floor work? The correct activation of the pelvic floor is - just at the beginning - tiny. And yet correct. Practice gently at first. Less is more! Patience is right, because perception comes with practice. As soon as the brain has learned to sort the pelvic floor under "consciously activate".
Is the closure of the excretory organs part of the pelvic floor? The closure of the excretory organs is part of the pelvic floor - the sphincters have to reliably "keep us tight" and let go when it's convenient. And finally, the birth canal is also located in this area - so that our babies can get through it, anatomical adaptations are necessary that contradict stability.
What is the largest layer of the pelvic floor?
The strongest and largest of these three layers is the diaphragma pelvis, the inner, funnel-shaped layer of the pelvic floor. It consists of two muscles (levator ani muscle and coccygeus muscle).
What is the innermost layer of pelvic floor? This innermost layer forms - contrary to what the name "pelvic floor" suggests - not a flat plate, but a shell with quite steep edges and supports our pelvic organs. The easiest way to activate it is to straighten the pelvis - or just imagine this movement - and gently pull the orifices inward.