OPA Provides Feedback to Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Submission

June 4, 2024

OPA provided feedback to the Ontario Health’s draft recommendation on Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Stress Urinary Incontinence, Fecal Incontinence, and Pelvic Organ Prolapse.

OPA supports the recommendation for publicly funding pelvic floor muscle training for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. We commend Ontario Health for recognizing the evidence for this intervention, and how public access will help ensure that Ontarians have the rehabilitative care needed to improve their function, health, and quality of life.

In this submission, OPA highlights the following areas with further comments:

The role of physiotherapists

Equitable patient care: reducing stigma and increasing access

Additional considerations to support cost-effectiveness

Feasibility: how physiotherapists are currently prepared and equipped to act on
this recommendation

Need for consultation

OPA is committed to supporting any outcomes from this recommendation through consultation with experts in pelvic health, research and system planning.

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June 4, 2024

OPA Provides Feedback to Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Submission

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