If you’ve started avoiding exercise, worrying about a sneeze or planning your day around bathrooms, tell us. Leakage can become something you quietly work around, but understanding what’s happening is a useful first step. At MedFIT in Belmont, Valerie asks about your symptoms and how they affect daily life before deciding whether the chair makes sense.
MedFIT’s pelvic floor chair uses focused electromagnetic energy to create repeated pelvic floor muscle contractions while you stay fully clothed and seated. The chair has treatment settings for both men and women — this isn’t a women-only service.
Could this help my kind of leakage?
I leak when I cough, sneeze or exercise.
That pattern is often called stress incontinence. “Stress” means pressure on the bladder, not anxiety. Strengthening pelvic-floor muscles can help with this type of leakage.
The chair makes those muscles work repeatedly. Whether that approach makes sense for you depends on what’s causing the problem.
What if I’m rushing to the bathroom?
A sudden, hard-to-postpone need to urinate is urgency. If urine leaks before you reach the bathroom, that’s urgency incontinence. You can have this and stress leakage together.
Urgency doesn’t automatically mean you need stronger muscles. Bladder training or another kind of care may be more useful. We need to understand your symptoms before recommending the chair.
If urinary changes occur alongside vaginal dryness or painful sex, also explore menopause and perimenopause care. Pelvic-floor treatment does not replace evaluation of vaginal symptoms or possible infection.
What to expect
You start with a short screening survey and a conversation with Valerie. This service does not include an internal pelvic exam. If another kind of evaluation or care fits better, we will tell you.
Each session lasts 28 minutes on a preset treatment timer. MedFIT generally recommends about two sessions per week for three to four weeks as the treatment course, though screening and individual circumstances still matter. Some patients have reported slight improvement after a single session, but this is unusual and shouldn’t be expected.
The program is $299 total for seven sessions, including the free test session so you can experience the chair before committing.
Men’s pelvic and urinary symptoms
Men can bring urinary symptoms to MedFIT for evaluation. Chair treatment is not the answer to every pelvic or bladder concern; understanding the cause comes first.
Could a prostate problem contribute to urinary leakage?
Yes. Prostate problems can contribute to urinary symptoms, including leakage or dribbling. That is one reason urinary symptoms in men should not automatically be treated as weak pelvic-floor muscles. NIDDK.
Mention changes in the urine stream, difficulty emptying, previous prostate treatment and when the leakage began. The pattern helps guide evaluation; it does not establish the cause by itself.
MedFIT offers pelvic-floor chair treatment for appropriate patients, but it is not a specialty urology practice. Another evaluation may be the more useful next step.
Next: Tell Valerie about the full urinary pattern before scheduling treatment solely for leakage.
Could my pelvic-floor muscles be too tight rather than too weak?
Yes. Tight muscles or muscles that do not relax and coordinate properly can cause pelvic-floor symptoms. If that is the problem, adding more contractions may not be the right answer.
That is one reason MedFIT asks about the full symptom pattern before recommending the chair. Mention pain, difficulty emptying, bowel concerns and leakage—not only the symptom you think the chair might help.
MedFIT’s chair service does not include an internal examination or pelvic-floor physical therapy. Another evaluation may be more appropriate.
Next: Describe the full problem to Valerie before deciding that you need more strengthening.
Questions patients often ask
How is the pelvic floor chair different from pelvic-floor physical therapy?
They are different services, although both can involve pelvic-floor muscle work. MedFIT's chair creates repeated contractions while you sit fully clothed. Kegel-type exercises require you to actively contract and relax the muscles yourself, which takes focused effort.
The chair performs those contractions while you sit, so that part can feel easier. But pelvic-floor physical therapy can involve much more than strengthening, including an individual assessment and work on coordination and relaxation. The chair and physical therapy are not interchangeable.
At MedFIT, each chair session lasts 28 minutes on a preset treatment timer, with settings for both men and women — the chair is not a women-only service. The chair service starts with a short screening survey and a conversation with Valerie. It does not include pelvic-floor physical therapy or an internal examination. If another kind of care makes more sense, we'll tell you.
Next: Tell Valerie what happens when you leak and what you've already tried.
Can I try a free session before committing?
What can the free pelvic floor chair session tell me—and what can’t it tell me?
The free session lets you experience the chair before deciding whether to continue. It helps you understand the sensation and whether you're comfortable with it. It cannot promise that a full series will resolve your leakage.
You stay fully dressed. Before treatment, you complete a short screening survey and speak with Valerie. Speak up if the sensation is uncomfortable.
At MedFIT, some patients have reported slight improvement after one session, but that has been unusual. It is not the result we tell patients to expect from the free session. Experiencing the chair and establishing treatment benefit are different things.
If you choose to continue, MedFIT generally recommends about two sessions per week for three to four weeks, though screening and individual circumstances still matter. The program is $299 total for seven sessions, including the free test session.
Next: Ask about a free test session if you'd like to see how it feels.
How is the chair different from pelvic-floor physical therapy?
What happens before treatment?
You complete a short screening survey and have a basic screening conversation with Valerie. She asks about relevant history, including implants, prior procedures and other factors that could affect whether the chair is appropriate or likely to help.
There is no internal pelvic exam as part of this service. The treatment is external, and you stay clothed.
You'll feel your pelvic-floor muscles tightening and relaxing repeatedly.
The sensation can feel unusual. The free test session gives you a chance to experience it yourself. If it hurts, say so—you don't need to sit quietly and put up with it.
Is urinary leakage something I just have to accept after childbirth or as I get older?
No. Leakage may be common, but you do not have to assume nothing can be done. Different causes call for different approaches, and understanding your pattern is the starting point.
Tell us whether you leak with coughing or activity, struggle to reach the bathroom or experience something else. How much it affects your sleep, exercise or confidence matters too.
MedFIT’s chair is one option for appropriate patients. It is not the answer to every kind of leakage, and another evaluation or treatment may fit better.
Next: Describe the leakage to Valerie, even if you have been putting up with it for years.
What happens before treatment?
Can I return for more pelvic-floor chair treatment if the improvement fades?
Yes. If treatment helped and the improvement later fades, you’re welcome to schedule another course. Returning patients follow a six-session plan over approximately three weeks. The current renewal price is $199 for all six sessions.
There is no additional free test session because you already know how the chair feels and what treatment involves.
If the first course provided little or no meaningful improvement, Valerie would reassess whether specialist evaluation makes more sense than repeating treatment.
Next: Contact MedFIT to schedule a return course, or discuss your response with Valerie if you’re unsure.
Can I try a free session before committing?
Could my pelvic-floor muscles be too tight rather than too weak?
Yes. Tight muscles or muscles that do not relax and coordinate properly can cause pelvic-floor symptoms. If that is the problem, adding more contractions may not be the right answer.
That is one reason MedFIT asks about the full symptom pattern before recommending the chair. Mention pain, difficulty emptying, bowel concerns and leakage—not only the symptom you think the chair might help.
MedFIT’s chair service does not include an internal examination or pelvic-floor physical therapy. Another evaluation may be more appropriate.
Next: Describe the full problem to Valerie before deciding that you need more strengthening.
How is the pelvic floor chair different from pelvic-floor physical therapy?
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