Emsella Pelvic Floor Treatment Specialist in Los Alamitos, CA

The pelvic floor is a sheet of muscle that supports the bladder, the bowel and, in women, the uterus. When it weakens, the result is usually leaking when you cough, laugh, lift or run, along with urgency and a reduced quality of daily life. Pelvic floor exercises work, but only if they are done correctly and consistently, and most people do neither.

Emsella uses high intensity focused electromagnetic energy to contract the entire pelvic floor directly. Each session produces thousands of supramaximal contractions, which is the level of stimulation the muscle needs to strengthen and which voluntary effort cannot reach.

You sit fully clothed on the Emsella chair. Nothing is inserted, nothing is removed and nobody needs to be in the room with you beyond the initial setup. The sensation is a tingling and a pulling in the pelvic floor, which is unusual for the first minute and unremarkable after that.

There is no downtime. You stand up and carry on with your day.

Emsella is used by women and by men. Common reasons for booking include:

• Stress incontinence, meaning leaking on exertion, coughing, sneezing or laughing
• Urge incontinence, meaning a sudden need to go that is difficult to defer
• Pelvic floor weakness following childbirth
• Pelvic floor weakness following prostate surgery in men
• Reduced core and pelvic stability affecting training

It is not suitable for everyone. Metal or electronic implants in the treatment area, pregnancy and certain medical conditions rule it out, and we screen for those at the consultation before anything is booked.

Pelvic floor strength does not show on a scale, but the wider picture does. Clients often pair Emsella with a DEXA body composition baseline when they are working on core strength generally, or with Emsculpt NEO for the abdominal wall. Both are measured before and after.

Pelvic floor muscle responds the way any muscle does, which means it responds to repeated stimulation over weeks rather than to one session. Most people notice change gradually rather than immediately, and the sessions are spaced to allow the muscle to recover in between.

We will tell you at the consultation what a realistic timeline looks like for your presentation, and we will say so if the honest answer is that Emsella is not the right first step.