Pelvic floor muscles
The pelvic floor muscles are located in the pelvic area and form the base of the pelvis. The pelvic floor is responsible, among other things, for enabling us to control urine, gas, and feces, providing support for internal organs such as the bladder, uterus, and intestines. Additionally, these muscles play a crucial role in sexual function.
At Dr. Dropin, we have skilled practitioners who can assess your pelvic floor and help you receive the appropriate treatment.
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Weak or tight pelvic floor muscles
Many women, especially after pregnancy, childbirth, and during menopause, experience involuntary leakage of urine, prolapse/pelvic organ prolapse, directly associated with weak pelvic floor muscles.
Additionally, there are various issues related to overly tight pelvic muscles, including vaginismus and endometriosis. These problems often lead to pain and discomfort in the pelvic region and chain.
Physiotherapists at Dr.Dropin Fysikalske can examine and assist in improving the connection, circulation, and control of the pelvic floor muscles, as well as strengthening the muscles to alleviate the issues many women experience.
See availabilityManometry | measurement of the pelvic floor muscles
At Dr. Dropin, you can measure the strength of your pelvic floor muscles. Our physiotherapists use a manometer, a balloon catheter with the size of a tampon. The catheter is connected to a software that displays your individual values in the form of graphs and curves.
The catheter is inserted a couple of cm into the vagina, at the level of the pelvic floor muscles, and will record pressure changes. You will be instructed to try to tense the muscles as much as possible, do maximum squeezes, as well as sustained squeezes to examine resting pressure, maximum strength and endurance in the pelvic floor.
Based on the information, you get an individually adapted exercise program to improve the function and strength of the pelvic floor. With the manometer, our physiotherapists can measure progress and ensure that the muscles are being trained correctly. It is not uncommon for people to cite making contact with the muscles or to "pinch" incorrectly.
See availabilityWe have therapists with specialist expertise in women's health in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger
We know that the right competence and good chemistry are important. Below you can therefore get to know our therapists better. We hope this makes it easier to find a therapist who is right for you.
Osteopath Henriette (Oslo)
Henriette has a special interest and expertise in women's health. Common conditions she treats are dysfunction and pain in the pelvic floor, pelvic joints, abdominal pain (including vulvodynia, vaginismus, vestibulitis, abdominal prolapse/abdominal prolapse and urinary incontinence).
As an osteopath, she has broad expertise in the examination and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. This means that she has a good understanding of how the body and movement apparatus work, and can treat, among other things, headaches, neck pain, low back pain, tennis elbow, knee/hip problems and other extremity problems.
As a therapist, Henriette will meet you where you are and can offer varied forms of treatment from gentle indirect techniques to direct manipulation techniques, pressure waves and needle therapy.
Henriette is particularly interested in:
Women's Health | Pelvic | Vulvodynia | Vaginism | Urinary incontinence | Coccyx Pain | Back | Neck | Hip | Knee
Additional services that Henriette offers:
✓ Manometri
✓ Shock wave treatment
✓ Dry needling
Where can you book an appointment with Henriette?
📍Bislett (Dalsbergstien 18)
📍Hegdehaugsveien (Oscars gate 20)
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Chiropractor Ingrid-Johanne (Bergen)
Ingrid is from Askøy. She studied in Bournemouth and graduated in 2008. She is a general chiropractor with over 15 years' experience with a wide range of skills and has a special interest in the treatment of pregnant women and infants, as well as foot and ankle problems. She has previously worked at the Foot and Ankle Specialist together with an orthopedic surgeon with whom she still has a good working relationship.
As a chiropractor, Ingrid is the primary contact in the healthcare system, such as GPs, and can refer to medical specialists, MRI or other imaging examinations and take sick leave for up to 12 weeks if clinically necessary. She herself has for many years played sports in the USA, mostly basketball, athletics and lacrosse.
Ingrid is particularly interested in:
Back | neck | Foot, ankle and calf | Headache | The stream | Women's health/Pregnancy complaints, children and infants
Where can you book an appointment with Ingrid?
📍Berstadhuset (Bergen, Valkendorfsgaten 9)
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Physiotherapist og Osteopath Hege (Stavanger)
With 25 years' experience as a physiotherapist and osteopath, Hege offers specialized treatment including medical acupuncture. Educated in Berlin and further educated at the European School of Osteopathy. Her dedication to her profession is reflected in her personal approach to each patient, where the goal is to achieve optimal health and well-being. Hege treats all musculoskeletal complaints, including back, neck, hip, knee and foot complaints, and has special expertise in women's health/pregnancy complaints.
Where can you book an appointment with Hege?
📍 Stavanger - Vaktapoteket (Olav V s gate 11)
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Physiotherapist and Osteopath Bente (Oslo)
Bente is a physiotherapist and osteopath with 20 years' experience in the treatment of adults and children. She is keen to see the big picture and find an individually adapted treatment course for the individual. As both an osteopath and a physiotherapist, she has a wide selection of treatment techniques to choose from. These include joint adjustments, mobilization techniques, soft tissue treatment and cranial osteopathy. If necessary, dry needling or pressure wave treatment is used. She also has expertise in women's health.
Bente is particularly interested in:
Pregnant | headache | neck | back | dizziness | Abdominal complaints | the stream | functional stomach and intestinal complaints | jaw | trouble breathing
Where can you book an appointment with Bente?
📍 Grunerløkka (Markveien 25)
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Physiotherapist Joanna (Oslo)
Joanna works with all types of muscle and bone ailments, with a special interest and expertise in women's health. Common conditions she treats are pelvic floor dysfunction and pain, abdominal pain (including vulvodynia, vaginismus, vestibulitis, abdominal prolapse/abdominal prolapse and urinary incontinence), long-term pain, anorectal dysfunction, pain in the tailbone area and sexual dysfunction.
She also examines and treats jaw pain and temporomandibular joint dysfunction TMD. Here she uses several different treatment tools.
Joanna is particularly interested in:
Women's Health | The stream | Vulvodynia | Vaginism | Urinary incontinence | Anorectal dysfunction | Coccyx Pain | Hip | Back | Jaw pain | Temporomandibular joint dysfunction - TMD
Additional services which Joanna offers:
✓ Manometry – pressure measurement of strength and endurance in the pelvic floor
✓ Shock wave treatment
✓ Vaginal and rectal examination
Where can you book an appointment with Joanna?
📍 Majorstuen - Hegdehaugsveien (Oscars gate 20)
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