Emsella in Pittsburgh
A chair, not a procedure. You sit, fully clothed, while electromagnetic pulses put your pelvic floor through the equivalent of over eleven thousand Kegels in thirty minutes. It treats the muscle weakness behind urinary incontinence, in women and men.
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Book a consultWhat is Emsella?
Urinary incontinence is the full or partial loss of bladder control, and its usual root is muscle: a pelvic floor weakened by childbirth, age or other factors. It is far more common than the silence around it suggests, and until recently there was no effective way to treat this part of feminine wellness without surgery.
Emsella is that way. It is an FDA cleared, chair-shaped device that delivers thousands of focused electromagnetic pulses into the pelvic floor, each one contracting the muscles the way a Kegel exercise does. A thirty-minute session produces roughly 11,200 of them, at an intensity and consistency no voluntary exercise can match.
You stay fully clothed for the whole thing. The treatment works through clothing, the sensation is a slight tingling with the contractions, and people read or catch up on email while it runs. There are no incisions, no scars and no downtime.
Acqua Blu is Pennsylvania's foremost provider of Emsella, and the treatment plan, usually six sessions, is set for your case by a practice under the direction of Dr. Heil.
About thirty minutes, seated on the device, fully clothed. An expert tunes the contraction intensity to you, and every daily activity resumes the moment you stand up.
Most patients need around six sessions, typically twice a week, with the exact plan set at the consultation. Improvement often begins after the first session and builds with each one.
Men and women both. Incontinence after childbirth, with age, or from other causes all trace to the same weakened muscle, and there are no candidacy restrictions.
Emsella also shows promising results for vaginal laxity and the improvement of sexual function, which can be part of the same conversation at the consultation.
The problem is a muscle.So the fix is training it.
Incontinence gets treated like a fact of life, managed with pads and planning. But its root cause is usually a weakened pelvic floor, and muscles respond to training. Emsella simply trains this one harder, more precisely and more consistently than any exercise you could do yourself.
ModelYou leak when you laugh, cough or run
Stress incontinence is the classic sign of a pelvic floor that has lost strength, and it is the condition Emsella was cleared for.
It started with childbirth or age
The two most common causes of pelvic floor weakening, and both respond to the same retraining.
You are a man with the same problem
Incontinence is not only a women's condition, and neither is this treatment. The device works identically for both.
Kegels have not been enough
A session delivers roughly 11,200 contractions at supramaximal intensity. Doing that voluntarily is not physically possible.
You want to keep your clothes on
No disrobing, no incisions, no devices placed internally. You sit on a chair for half an hour. That is the entire procedure.
Five questions we are askedbefore almost every Emsella appointment.
A slight tingling and the sensation of your pelvic floor muscles contracting, without real discomfort. Most people relax, read or watch something for the half hour, and afterwards the muscles are far less sore than eleven thousand Kegels would suggest.
Most patients need about six, usually scheduled twice a week. Dr. Heil sets the exact number and frequency for your case, and improvement typically begins after the very first session.
No. The electromagnetic pulses work through clothing, so you stay dressed for the entire session. Nothing is placed internally.
Yes. The pelvic floor works the same way in both sexes, and Emsella is cleared for urinary incontinence in men and women alike.
None. You can return to work and every normal activity immediately after stepping off the chair. There are no incisions, no scars and no downtime.
