The Incontinence and Pelvic Pain Program at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago uses an exercise-based behavior approach to treatment, so patients experience long-term relief and regain confidence in enjoying everyday activities.
Dr. Shameem Abbasy, a urogynecologist who specializes in women’s health, can assess your symptoms, identify underlying causes and help determine the best treatment for you
Services available include:
- The expertise of Swedish Covenant Hospital’s team of clinicians board certified in obstetrics and gynecology.
- Swedish Covenant Hospital’s Rehabilitation Services — Physical therapists can create an individualized program using a variety of techniques and therapies.
- Biofeedback therapy — a real-time ultrasound that shows your muscle movements so you can learn to retrain them
- Hypno-therapy — cognitive therapy including hypnosis and deep breathing techniques used as an alternative to, or in conjunction with, medication or surgery
- Galter LifeCenter’s Total Control program — A seven-week group fitness course designed to help women at every stage of life build and strengthen their abdominal and pelvic floor muscles.
- Education on proper posture, body mechanics and home-based exercise routines
- Medications
- Pain relief technology including electric stimulation, ultrasounds, heat and cold
If none of these approaches fully addresses your condition and surgery is determined to be the right choice, Dr. Abbasy is one of the only physicians in Chicago trained in robotic urogynecological surgical techniques.
For more information on incontinence services at Swedish Covenant Hospital, call (773) 989-1696.
