For more information about how to prepare for your appointment, what to expect, and how to find your way, view the following:

Serving North, Edmonton, and Central Zone

Edmonton

• Pelvic Floor Clinic
  Lois Hole Hospital for Women

Serving Central, Calgary, and South Zone

Calgary

• Pelvic Floor Clinic
  Foothills Medical Centre

Incontinence

• What is Incontinence?
• How Your Bladder Works
• Urinary system
• Healthy Bladder & Bowel Habits
• Overflow Incontinence
• Functional Incontinence
• Behavioral Methods for Urinary Incontinence
• Timed voiding, prompted voiding
• Incontinence & Getting Older
• Bladder Retraining & Urge Control Techniques
• OAB
• Pessary, urethral insert
• Pessary: After Your Visit
• About Bladder Infections
• (Products)

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

• Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP)

Pelvic Floor Muscle

• Pelvic Floor Muscle Video (Video)
• Pelvic Floor Muscle Training

Bladder & Bowel

• Bladder & Bowel Diary

Diet and Fiber Informaton

• Fiber
• IBS & Fiber

Intermittent Self Catheterization (ISC)

• ISC – how to do
• Supplies for ISC
• ISC – tips for ISC
• ISC – problem solving

Surgical Options for Pelvic Floor Issues

• Should I have surgery?
• POP - Should I have Surgery?

Clinic Handouts

The following handouts explain how to prepare for your visit and what to expect during the test/procedure:

• Bladder & Bowel Diary
• Cystourethroscopy
• Urodynamic Testing

Online Educational Workshops

Video series:

1. Introduction to the Pelvic Floor
2. Pelvic Organ Prolapse
3. Urinary Incontinence
4. Bowel Management
5. The Next Step

Online educational workshop feedback form

Physiotherapy Educational Modules

• Your Body After Baby
• Exercising Your Pelvic Floor

Supplementary Videos

• Frequently Asked Questions About Pessary Use
• Get it Moving

These websites provide additional information to topics relevant to the pelvic floor issues women experience. Their content is not meant as a substitute for health information provided by the clinic and is only for informational purposes. The clinic has no control or influence on the content found on these external links.

• MyHealth.Alberta.ca - AHS trusted source of health information
  • Your Best Health – Online Weight Management Module
• Physiotherapy Alberta – College + Association – to find pelvic floor physios
• Pelvic Floor First – variety of info on pelvic floor topics
• The Simon Foundation for Continence - variety of info on incontinence
• The Canadian Continence Foundation – variety of info on incontinence
• Canadian Nurse Continence Advisors – variety of info on incontinence
• Peeing Problem – information about overactive bladder