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21.
August
2017.
Debilitating vaginal mesh implant surgery: how this could be avoided

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 21stAugust 2017

Nikki Robinson

Holisticare

+44 1279 718331

nikki@holisticare.co.uk

 

Debilitating vaginal mesh implant surgery: Why aren't women being about a treatment that could help avoid this invasive surgery

Myofascial Release is a relatively unknown, but scientifically proven alternative to this invasive surgery that is commonly used to treat pelvic organ prolapse.

  • In the UK, 15,000 women each year undergo vaginal mesh implant surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (a bulging of one or more of the pelvic organs into the vagina): 1 in 15 implants is removed due to problems. This corrective surgery has caused life-changing complications for thousands of woman.

  • Myofascial Release is a gentle hands-on technique that treats the cause of prolapses - the therapist works with your body to release the restrictions that put strain on the pelvic organs.

  • Women having this treatment have avoided surgery for their prolapses, as well as reducing their symptoms such as incontinence and pain.

Wendy (62) from Bath was advised to have vaginal mesh implant surgery to correct her prolapses. Following a two week intensive course of Myofascial Release treatment, she no longer needed to wear a pessary (used to hold the prolapse in place) and her symptoms were resolving. She said,

"I have come away with a new pelvic floor/vagina! My body has changed and I am feeling in touch with it. My self-confidence will just grow and grow from this."

Myofascial Release was developed by American Physiotherapist John Barnes over 30 years ago. Specialist therapists assess and feel into your fascial system for the cause of symptoms such as pain, tension and inflammation. Your fascia is a continuous network of connective tissue that links each of the 37.2 trillion cells in your body. Throughout your life, this connective tissue tightens in response to physical and emotional trauma, putting strain on organs and tissue, and compressing nerve endings. The treatment works with your body to untangle these restrictions, taking pressure off nerve endings and allowing your body to heal.

Specialist Myofascial Release Physiotherapist Nikki Robinson says,

"Too many women are living with the symptoms of Pelvic Organ Prolapse or are having risky surgery because they do not know that there is an alternative. Surely the time has come to tell them that they can be helped and they don't have to suffer."

 

ABOUT HOLISTICARE

Nikki Robinson has been a Physiotherapist for 24 years and specialises in Myofascial Release in Women's Health. In 2006 she founded Holisticare - an award-winning, world class treatment centre on the Hertfordshire/Essex border. Women suffering from Pelvic Organ Prolapse and other Women's Health problems travel from all over the UK and beyond to have treatment from Nikki and her therapists.

www.holisticare.co.uk

 

-ENDS-

For further information contact:

Nikki Robinson

+44 1279 718331

nikki@holisticare.co.uk

 

Notes to editors:

  • The scandal of vaginal mesh implants has been extensively covered in the media, including in the Victoria Derbyshire Programme, ITV, Sky News, The Guardian and the Daily Mail.

  • In the US over 100,000 women who have suffered permanent disabilities have filed lawsuits and received compensation.

  • There are currently over 800 women in the UK who are suing either the NHS or the device manufacturers following complications of vaginal mesh implant surgery.

  • Myofascial Release is recommended as a treatment onwww.pelvicorganprolapsesupport.org

  • Myofascial Release treatment is also effective in treating post-operative symptoms of surgery to insert and remove vaginal mesh implants

  • The therapists at Holisticare change the lives of people who think they can't be helped, in a safe, caring, relaxed and expert environment.

  • Patients from out of the area can take advantage of the Intensive Treatment Programme, receiving 15 hours of treatment/week over two or three weeks