St. Luke’s Center for Pelvic Health
Hours
Monday through Friday – 8 am to 4:30 pm
For more information about Urinary Incontinence, see Frequently Asked Questions.
An Integrated Approach to Continence, Pelvic Pain and Sexual Wellness
When most women think of their pelvic health, they usually think of gynecologic health involving the ovaries, cervix and uterus. However, pelvic health is so much more.
St. Luke’s Center for Pelvic Health specializes in:
- Pelvic wellness
- Evaluating and treating conditions of the lower urinary tract
- Medical issues such as vaginal support and anal and rectal function
The Center focuses on ways to ensure life-long complete pelvic health.
Our offices are conveniently located in Bethlehem, Allentown, Quakertown, and Wind Gap. To make an appointment, please call 610-954-4960 or toll free at 800-471-3058.
When the Pelvic Floor Weakens
The pelvic floor consists of a group of muscles and connective tissue that may weaken because of childbirth, aging, obesity, smoking and chronic straining or lifting. Weakened pelvic floor muscles can lead to medical conditions such as incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and sexual dysfunction. Symptoms may include:
- Pelvic pressure or discomfort
- Involuntary loss of urine
- Frequent urination
- Difficulty with bowel movements
- Loss of vaginal sensation
Conditions treated at the Center for Pelvic Health at St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Center for Pelvic Health provides care for a wide variety of medical conditions including:
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary urgency and overactive bladder
- Fecal incontinence (loss of bowel control)
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Disorders of pelvic relaxation
- Voiding disorders in adults and children
- Urgency-frequency syndrome
- Chronic pelvic pain, vulvodynia and vestibulitis
- Bladder pain and interstitial cystitis
- Chronic urinary tract infection
- Dyspareunia and other disorders of sexual function
- Bedwetting and daytime wetting in children
- Male incontinence and urinary symptoms
The Clinical Team
When you call St. Luke’s Center for Pelvic Health, an appointment will be scheduled with the most appropriate doctor depending on your unique symptoms and concerns. St. Luke’s Center for Pelvic Health provides access to diverse group of specialists. St. Luke’s Center for Pelvic Health is coordinated by a team of specialty trained nurses and therapists with expertise in the management of urinary incontinence and pelvic floor problems. They make every effort to work with you to coordinate your care in the most efficient manner.
Testing for Pelvic Health
- Complex bladder testing (urodynamics) to measure bladder and urethral functions
- Anal manometry to measure rectal function
- Anal ultrasound images the anal sphincter muscle involved in bowel and gas control
Therapy for Pelvic Health
- Pelvic floor exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and decrease bladder and bowel urgency
- Biofeedback and electrical stimulation therapy to help patients to find and effectively work their pelvic floor muscles
- Fluid and dietary management
- Bladder retraining or scheduled voids
- Medication therapy
- Bladder instillation treatments
Minimally Invasive Procedures
- PROLIFT, a revolutionary mesh procedure for pelvic floor repair
- TVT tension-free support, an innovative corrective procedure for incontinence
- InterStim® therapy for urinary control
- Procedures to treat fecal incontinence
- Other procedures would come from the doctors
Pelvic Health Medical Team
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Nazanin Ehsani, MD
The Institute for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Ehsani is especially interested in helping women with urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and other life altering conditions in a woman's life.
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Valerie Riley, MD
Center for Pelvic Health, St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network
Dr. Riley completed her urogynecology and reconstructive surgery fellowship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem. She specializes in conservative approaches to urogynecologic and pelvic floor disorders and sexual dysfunction in women.
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