An estimated one-third of adult women suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction, a group of clinical conditions that includes urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic pain. With the increased aging population, the national cost burden related to pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) is becoming enormous in terms of lost productivity, decreased quality of life and direct health care costs*.   Pelvic floor disorders most often plague women, but an increasingly growing number of men are also being diagnosed. Symptoms of PFD include urinary incontinence, urinary urgency and frequency, a feeling of incomplete urination, decreased urine flow and constipation, pelvic pain with intercourse, pain in the testicles (and/or penis), and pain in the lower back.  

Often, patients and clinicians are unaware that effective treatment exists for these disorders. Laurie provides a thorough evaluation and highly individualized treatment interventions that include exercise prescription, biofeedback training, soft-tissue techniques, patient education, electrotherapy on or near the pelvic floor, and behavioral/bladder retraining. Following treatment for urinary related issues, Laurie's patients generally experience a decrease in voiding frequency and urgency, along with improvement of pelvic floor muscle contraction quality, endurance and strength. . In the treatment of painful urologic and gynecologic conditions, the expected outcomes include reduction of pain, and normalization of resting tone of the pelvic floor muscles.