Achieve bladder confidence without drugs or surgery.
- Periodic, in-office treatment for long-term relief
- Works in men and women
- Usually works, even if other treatments have failed
Why Urgent PC?
- Studies show that most patients can achieve long-lasting relief of their symptoms
- After Urgent PC, most patients go to the bathroom less and have less accidents
- More than a million treatments since 2003
- Extremely low-risk and comfortable for most patients
How does Urgent PC work?
Urgent PC is a gentle and gradual way of modifying the overactive bladder signals.
During treatment, mild electrical impulses:
- Enter through an acupuncture-type needle placed near ankle
- Travel up tibial nerve in the leg
- Reach nerves responsible for bladder control
What does Urgent PC therapy feel like?
“Sometimes it’s a numbed feeling and other times a pulsing or vibrating or a simple, single twitch of a toe.”
“I usually feel tingling in my toes and the bottom of my foot during treatment. It’s very comfortable and relaxing.”
Urgent PC treatment schedule
- 30-minute in-office treatments during which you can read, play games or catch up on email
- 12 weekly sessions to determine your ideal response. Most patients can expect to see some improvements by about 6 treatments but it can take up to 12 weeks to see results
- This is followed by periodic maintenance session for long-term relief
Why will I need maintenance therapy?
- There is currently no “cure” for Overactive Bladder and all therapies are ongoing
- After the initial 12 sessions, most Urgent PC patients will need a treatment once a month but some patients can go months between sessions
- You can schedule your maintenance therapy around your schedule so you can continue enjoying the freedom of your improved bladder control
Why is Urgent PC also called PTNS?
- PTNS stands for percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation, a description of the therapy that Urgent PC provides
- During therapy, Urgent PC stimulates the tibial nerve in the leg
- PTNM, or percutaneous tibial neuromodulation, is a new term that has been introduced for the same therapy
Videos
Urgent PC procedure
Short procedure video showing an Urgent PC therapy session.
Animation: How Urgent PC Works
Short animation showing how Urgent PC affects overactive bladder.
Exploration Health: Overactive Bladder
Doctors provide insight about overactive bladder, common treatments and how neuromodulation works.
Ann's Story
Ann, 83, talks about life before and after Urgent PC treatment.
Bobby's Story
Bobby, 82, talks about life before and after Urgent PC treatment.
Jeanne's Story
Jeanne, 63, talks about life before and after Urgent PC treatment.
