The Center for Women's Continence and Pelvic health offers comprehensive treatment options for women with pelvic disorders. In addition to integrating multiple disciplines such as physical therapy, urogynecology, female urology and nursing, the center offers surgical and nonsurgical options to provide customized quality care to every patient.

• Pelvic Exercises - Pelvic Muscle Rehabilitation. Pelvic exercises can be done anywhere at any time, sitting, standing or lying down. The exercises are designed to strengthen a woman's ability to hold and release urine and are easily integrated into a person's day.
  
  It is necessary that a caregiver makes sure that a woman is doing the exercises properly in order for them to be helpful. Referral to a specialized physical therapist is sometimes necessary to use modalities such as biofeedback and electrical stimulation to optimize improvement.
  

• Pharmacologic Treatments. Patients have many different pharmaceutical options for treating incontinence, including medications taken by mouth and a patch that is applied to the body.
  
  As with any drug, side effects and results vary by patient but tend to be mild and tolerable.
  

• Pessaries. A pessary is a device worn in the vagina to support the uterus due to prolapse, cystocele (bladder) prolapse and rectocele (rectum or large bowel) prolapse), and sometimes to treat stress urinary incontinence. Pessaries come in many shapes and sizes and are placed by a physician according to what will work best for the particular patient.