Connecticut Center for Continence
Behavioral Management & Biofeedback

Behavioral Management

The goal of the Behavioral Management Program at Connecticut Center for Continence is to enhance a patient's quality of life. In order to make their day to day activities more manageable, patients are educated in the following areas:

• Fluid management Bladder emptying techniques including timed and prompted voiding
• Bladder training activities
• Exercises to strengthen pelvic musculature
• Biofeedback
• Electrical stimulation
• Bowel management
• Medication regimens

• Improve quality of life
• Correct faulty habit patterns
• Improve the ability to control bladder urgency
• Decrease frequent urination
• Prolong voiding intervals
• Increase bladder capacity
• Decrease episodes of incontinence
• Decrease the amount of urine lost
• Build a patient's confidence and comfort level

CCC utilizes biofeedback to control stress and urge incontinence. By providing visual and auditory feedback, a patient can be taught to exert voluntary control over physiologic bodily functions.

Electrical stimulation is used in conjunction with biofeedback to stimulate the pelvic muscles as well as the nerve fibers that stimulate those muscles. These tests educate specific muscle groups, namely those of the pelvis. The goal is to strengthen the pelvic muscle group so as to minimize the loss of involuntary urinary leakage.