How It Works

BTL Emsella is a breakthrough treatment that’s transforming pelvic health—offering a simple, non-invasive way to strengthen pelvic floor muscles and reduce issues like incontinence and sexual dysfunction. All you have to do is sit back and let the technology do the work.

How Does BTL Emsella work?

BTL Emsella is an innovative development in the field of pelvic health, changing women’s and men’s lives across the world. Using High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic, (HIFEM) technology, BTL Emsella is one of the easiest, most relaxing, and non-invasive treatments available to help reduce urinary leakage and dribbles, and free women and men from incontinence and erectile dysfunction.

By the time you come in for a BTL Emsella treatment, you will likely have weak or atrophied muscle support around your pelvic floor. This is what causes many women and men to suffer embarrassing urinary incontinence or decreased sexual satisfaction. Strengthening these muscles, and helping them to become tighter will go a long way in improving the patients’ quality of life.

With BTL Emsella you don’t have to think about whether you are doing it right. Under the direction of your specialist clinic, you need only sit comfortably and wait out the treatment. There is no discomfort and rather than have to work on it every day, or twice a day, you will only need twice-weekly appointments.

How can you treat stress incontinence?

A common treatment for stress incontinence is Kegel exercises which gradually strengthen the pelvic floor muscles by regularly tensing and relaxing them. These can be effective, but are time-consuming and difficult, with slow progress, and for women with particularly weak pelvic floor muscles, are often not possible.

Traditionally, Kegel exercises have been recommended as the most effective non-invasive means of improving pelvic floor muscle strength. Unfortunately, it is difficult for many to identify the correct muscles to work on and maintain the necessary focus. Consequently, the success rate with these exercises can vary anywhere between 30-90%. For those with more severe forms of incontinence, Kegels are not helpful.

Certain risks can occur when Kegels are done incorrectly. From further weakening the pelvic floor muscles to tightening so much as to make intercourse painful, there are many ways this approach can go wrong for a patient.

The Treatment Process at Estrada Clinic

Consultation

The process begins with a consultation during which we will go over medical history and symptoms to determine if this is a suitable treatment for you.

During the Treatment

During your session, all you have to do is take a seat comfortably on the Emsella chair. It is in a private section of the clinic so you can have privacy as you go through the treatment. There isn’t any need to undress or change into a gown, so you can stay in your clothing and remain seated for a 28-minute session. You may experience some tingling but there is no pain or other discomforts. You can bring a book or something to listen to that will keep you occupied for that duration. We do ask that you wear loose clothing such as loose light trousers or skirt so there are no restrictions on your body by clothing whilst the electromagnetic technology performs contractions on you, so please try not to wear jeans or tight trousers. We will discuss issues such as pads in your consultation.

During each session, you will have experienced the equivalent of over 11,000 Kegels. This procedure helps to not only strengthen existing muscles but also build new muscle fibres and stimulate proteins. This also helps to enhance the neuromuscular control of the bladder.

The Treatment Course

The treatment course we offer is TEN sessions, conducted over the course of FOUR weeks. You should be able to experience some improvement right from your first or second session with the most noticeable difference by the sixth session. Everybody is different and unique so we work with you to achieve the best results possible.

BTL Emsella uses its HIFEM technology to stimulate the pelvic floor muscles without you having to tense consciously. The electromagnetic currents help to trigger muscular contractions, which ‘works out’ the muscles in the same way Kegels would! Using High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic (HIFEM) technology, BTL Emsella stimulates the pelvic floor muscles. This is done much the same way Kegel exercises work, only at a greater intensity, speed and without conscious effort. This technology generates electromagnetic currents which create a magnetic field around the pelvic floor. This field then triggers the contractions that give the muscles an intense workout. Your muscles become stronger and tighter with each session. With BTL Emsella, the muscles are targeted without you having to think about it, meaning it can actually tense your muscles far more than you could on your own. This is called the supramaximal level of contraction, and means the BTL Emsella can deliver the equivalent of over 11,000 Kegel exercises in one treatment. The treatment also triggers the production of new muscle fibres and proteins, to make the muscles stronger and tighter and improve the link between your pelvic floor muscles and the brain, helping you prevent leaks in the future.

Treating Stress Incontinence with BTL Emsella

The BTL Emsella is FDA approved, and gives women and men a non-surgical, unintrusive and comfortable alternative to many other treatments for incontinence. There isn’t any recovery or downtime after a BTL Emsella treatment, and unlike a lot of other similar treatments, it can be carried out without you even having to get undressed! The treatments take just under half an hour per session, and you can feel the results within two to three sessions.