Urinary Incontinence Treatment in Coral Springs, FL
Commonly Affects:
Women and Men of All Ages
Signs:
Leaking with Cough or Sneeze, Sudden Urgency
Primary Causes:
Pelvic Floor Weakness, Bladder Overactivity
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Urinary incontinence affects over 25 million adults in the United States — yet the vast majority never discuss it with a physician, quietly reorganizing their lives around bathroom proximity, avoiding activities they love, and accepting a condition that is, in most cases, highly treatable.
At the practice of Leila C. Morris, M.D. in Coral Springs, FL, urinary incontinence is treated as the legitimate medical condition it is — with a comprehensive evaluation and access to Emsella HIFEM pelvic floor therapy, the most clinically advanced non-invasive treatment for bladder control available today.
Urinary incontinence — the involuntary leakage of urine — is one of the most prevalent and most undertreated conditions in adult health. The profound impact of incontinence on quality of life is well-documented: patients limit social activities, avoid exercise, reduce fluid intake in counterproductive attempts to manage leakage, and experience significant anxiety, embarrassment, and reduced self-confidence.
Urinary incontinence is not a single condition but a clinical syndrome with distinct subtypes — stress incontinence, urgency incontinence, mixed incontinence, and overflow incontinence — each with different underlying mechanisms and therefore different optimal treatment approaches. Dr. Morris's evaluation is designed to characterize the specific subtype and contributing factors in each patient before any treatment is recommended.
The urinary continence mechanism depends on the coordinated function of two systems:
the bladder's ability to store urine without generating inappropriate contractions, and the urethra's ability to maintain a pressure sufficient to prevent leakage under the varying load conditions of daily activity.
Stress urinary incontinence — the most prevalent subtype in women, characterized by leakage with coughing, sneezing, laughing, jumping, or lifting — occurs when the pelvic floor muscles and the urethral support structures are insufficient.
The primary barrier to treatment is not the absence of effective options — it is the shame and normalization that prevent patients from raising the subject with a physician.
Many women are told by friends, family, and even healthcare providers that leaking urine is an expected consequence of childbirth or aging that must simply be accepted.
Many men feel unable to discuss the condition at all. These narratives are both medically inaccurate and harmful: the majority of patients with urinary incontinence can achieve meaningful or complete symptom control with appropriate treatment.
Factors That Worsen Urinary Incontinence
Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness and Dysfunction
The pelvic floor muscles form the primary active support structure of the bladder, urethra, and other pelvic organs. In women, vaginal delivery, can produce direct muscle damage, levator avulsion, and pudendal nerve injury that permanently reduce pelvic floor muscle strength and coordination.
Estrogen Deficiency and Hormonal Changes
Estrogen plays a critical role in the health of the urethral and vaginal tissues, the pelvic floor musculature, and the neurological control of bladder function.
Obesity and Elevated Intra-Abdominal Pressure
Excess abdominal and visceral adiposity increases the chronic resting intra-abdominal pressure transmitted to the bladder and pelvic floor, gradually overloading the pelvic floor support structures and accelerating their fatigue and dysfunction.
Chronic Cough and High-Impact Activity
Repetitive increases in intra-abdominal pressure, produce cumulative mechanical stress on the urethral support structures that, over time, accelerates the development and worsening of stress incontinence.
Neurological and Metabolic Contributors
Conditions that impair the neural control of bladder function, are important causes of both urgency and overflow incontinence through their effects on the sacral and central neural circuitry governing voiding.
Urinary Incontinence
- Pelvic Floor Therapy with Emsella
- Regenerative & Functional Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Grade Supplementation
Pelvic Floor Therapy with Emsella
Emsella is an FDA-cleared, non-invasive pelvic floor rehabilitation device that uses High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic (HIFEM) technology to produce thousands of supramaximal pelvic floor muscle contractions per session.
Benefits of Pelvic Floor Therapy with Emsella
- Directly strengthens the bulbocavernosus and ischiocavernosus muscles essential for erection rigidity and venous occlusion
- FDA-cleared, completely non-invasive, and performed fully clothed — no discomfort, no preparation, no downtime
Treatment Process
Emsella treatment is conducted in-office in a dedicated chair that delivers focused electromagnetic energy to the pelvic floor musculature.
Recovery and Results
There is no downtime following Emsella sessions.
Regenerative & Functional Medicine
For women with urinal incontinence driven or worsened by estrogen deficiency — particularly those in perimenopause or postmenopause — hormonal assessment and management is one of the most impactful interventions available
Benefits of Regenerative & Functional Medicine
- Topical vaginal estrogen restores urethral and vaginal tissue thickness, improving urethral coaptation and reducing urgency and frequency
- Systemic hormonal assessment identifies estrogen deficiency, testosterone decline, and progesterone changes relevant to pelvic floor health
Treatment Process
Hormonal and metabolic evaluation for incontinence begins with a comprehensive laboratory assessment including estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone levels in appropriate patients, thyroid function, fasting glucose, HbA1c, and metabolic indices.
Recovery and Results
There is no downtime associated with functional medicine interventions.
Pharmaceutical Grade Supplementation
Specific pharmaceutical-grade nutritional compounds have well-documented roles in the vascular, hormonal, and tissue health dimensions of pelvic floor function.
Benefits of Pharmaceutical Grade Supplementation
- L-citrulline and L-arginine support nitric oxide production for improved penile vascular response and erection quality
- Pharmaceutical-grade bioavailability ensures therapeutic concentrations that deliver the clinical effect demonstrated in research
Treatment Process
Supplementation protocols for urinary incontinence are developed based on a comprehensive nutritional and metabolic panel identifying the specific deficiencies most relevant to each patient's pelvic floor and bladder health.
Recovery and Results
There is no downtime associated with supplementation.
Two decades of integrative medicine experience, finally getting to the bottom of your fatigue.
At the practice of Dr. Leila C. Morris, M.D., urinary incontinence is treated as the legitimate, highly treatable medical condition it is — not dismissed as an inevitable consequence of age or childbirth.
Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician
Over 20 Years of Practice
Evidence-Based Care
Customized Treatment Plans
Comprehensive Lab Panels
Patient-Focused Approach
Comparing Options: Urinary Incontinence Treatment Approaches
The most effective incontinence management combines direct pelvic floor rehabilitation with hormonal optimization and systemic support tailored to the specific incontinence subtype and contributing factors. Dr. Morris will evaluate your complete clinical picture to recommend the most appropriate and comprehensive combination of treatments.
| Treatment | Primary Target | Mechanism of Action | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
Pelvic Floor Therapy with Emsella | Pelvic floor muscle weakness, neuromuscular dysfunction, both stress and urgency incontinence | HIFEM produces supramaximal pelvic floor contractions equivalent to 11,000 Kegels per session, strengthening and re-educating the entire pelvic floor | Men with pelvic floor component to ED, post-prostatectomy ED, or seeking non-invasive adjunct to other treatments. |
| Pharmaceutical Grade Supplementation | Detrusor overactivity, pelvic floor connective tissue integrity, bladder wall inflammation | Magnesium, Vitamin D, omega-3s, and collagen peptides provide targeted support for bladder neural function, pelvic floor muscle quality, and tissue repair | All incontinence patients as a foundational adjunct that supports and sustains Emsella treatment outcomes |
| Regenerative & Functional Medicine | Estrogen deficiency, metabolic dysfunction, and diabetes impairing pelvic floor and bladder health | Topical estrogen restores urethral tissue; metabolic optimization improves bladder neural control; weight management reduces pelvic floor load | Postmenopausal women with estrogen-driven incontinence; patients with metabolic or diabetic contributors |
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You may particularly benefit if you:
- Experience stress urinary incontinence — leakage with coughing, sneezing, laughing, or physical activity — that limits your exercise choices, social activities, or professional life
- Experience urgency incontinence — a sudden, intense urge to urinate followed by leakage before reaching the toilet — or urinary frequency and urgency that disrupts your daily routine
- Have been doing Kegel exercises inconsistently or without adequate improvement and want a clinically supervised pelvic floor rehabilitation program with the intensity and feedback that Emsella provides
- Are a postmenopausal woman who has noticed worsening bladder control and want hormonal and metabolic evaluation alongside pelvic floor rehabilitation
- Are a man with post-prostatectomy urinary leakage or bladder control difficulties and want a non-invasive rehabilitation approach
- Have been offered only medication or surgery for your incontinence and want to explore the non-invasive options that are available before committing to more invasive approaches
Contraindications:
Emsella pelvic floor therapy and comprehensive incontinence evaluation are safe and appropriate for the vast majority of adults with urinary incontinence. Emsella has specific contraindications including metal implants in the pelvic region — including hip replacements, intrauterine devices with metal components, and certain surgical meshes — a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator, active malignancy in the treatment area, and pregnancy.
FAQ
Ready to Stop Planning Your Life Around a Bathroom and Start Getting Real Treatment?
Contact Dr. Leila Morris's practice today to schedule your incontinence consultation. Dr. Morris welcomes patients from Coral Springs, Parkland, Coconut Creek, Margate, Tamarac, and throughout Broward County. You do not have to accept incontinence as a permanent feature of your life — effective, non-invasive treatment is available right here in Coral Springs.