Southwest Florida's Health and Wellness Magazine Health and Wellness Articles
By Ivan R. Bracic, D.C.
We’ve heard it time and time again, the only way to help yourself ‘possibly’ help reduce your urinary incontinence or erectile dysfunction naturally, is to perform tons and tons of kegel exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor.
Kegel exercises have been the gold standard, prescribed to both men and women. We’ve been told that if we did enough of them, we ‘might’ actually strengthen the pelvic floor muscles sufficiently to reduce urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. Let’s be real…could you possibly do 12,000 kegel’s in an hour, a day, a week? Well, now you can, with a little help from Dr. Ivan in Fort Myers, Florida.
Dr. Ivan has invested heavily in the entire BTL line of regenerative medicine products, aimed at restoring muscle size and strength, to his southwest Florida family of patients.
HIFEM (high intensity focused electromagnetic) technology is here to stay. Again, HIFEM has been proven to improve the quality of life by reducing urinary incontinence and improving and maintaining erections in men suffering from erectile dysfunction.
At a 2023 scientific meeting in SanDiego, CA, the results show how significant HIFEM therapy can be. Just 10 HIFEM treatments at 28 minutes per session resulted in a 46% reduction of nocturia (frequency of nighttime urination). Subjects also experienced a 37% improvement in reaching and sustaining an erection during intercourse. The treatments with Dr. Ivan’s EMSELLA machine improves blood flow to the pelvic floor, causing hypertrophy of the pelvic floor muscles.
HIFEM therapy with EMSELLA enhances the quality of life for elderly men with post-prostatectomy incontinence. Surgical removal of the prostate is one of the most common procedures for patients with prostate cancer. 65% of men who undergo the procedure will experience POST-PROSTATECTOMY INCONTINENCE (PPI). A pilot study led by Javier Azparren, MD and Judson Brandis, MD demonstrated remarkable results. Ten male subjects age 70-75, who had prostatectomies with PPI received just six 28-minute HIFEM treatments on the BTL EMSELLA chair. Treatments were two times per week. All 10 demonstrated improvement in quality of life after their six treatments. They were all using absorbent pads prior to the test period. Post-treatment, all 10 subjects reported reduction of absorbent pad usage per day. Two of the 10 participants were pad-free after the last therapy session. HIFEM procedure was safe and no adverse effects were found.
At a recent conference of the American Society Laser Medicine and Surgery HIFEM (high intensity focused electromagnetic) technology significantly improved the quality of life in reducing urinary incontinence in postpartum and post-menopausal female patients who presented with all three types of urinary incontinence.
The HIFEM EMSELLA machine delivers 12,000 Supramaximal Contractions. Supramaximal Contractions are more than three times as strong as the typical kegel exercise contraction and over 15 times faster when experiencing the EMSELLA treatment.
For both men and women, the primary reason for (pelvic floor muscle) PFM weakness can be attributed to age and deconditioning. This combination leads to PFM dysfunction with the direct consequence resulting in embarrassing urinary incontinence and leakage.
Dr. Ivan’s EMSELLA machine by BTL is a safe and non-invasive procedure. The focused electromagnetic field passes right through your clothing while you sit and enjoy your favorite book or just relax. The energy field interacts with the pelvic floor muscles to trigger the Supramaximal Contractions.
Supramaximal Contractions delivered by the EMSELLA are independent of all brain activity and function to target and hold pelvic floor muscles in a state of full contraction for several seconds. This amazing phenomenon cannot normally be achieved by voluntary muscle contractions (i.e. kegel exercises).
Again, you will experience 12,000 Supramaximal Contractions in a short 28-minute treatment session. Far beyond anything humanly possible, if not for the amazing technology found in the EMSELLA chair. For your free consultation with Dr. Ivan reach out to us at 239-579-4444.
Spine & Joint of Southwest Florida
239-579-4444 | DrIvan.com
15880 Summerlin Road, Suite 114,
Fort Myers, FL 33908
