4 Important Benefits of Axonics® Therapy for Bowel and Bladder Control

You constantly say no to things you’d love to do under normal circumstances because continence issues keep you on a tight leash. 

Perhaps it’s due to an overactive bladder, a condition that affects up to 30% of men and 40% of women. Or maybe you’re struggling with fecal incontinence, which affects 1 in 12 people around the world. Or maybe you’re struggling with urinary retention.

Whatever the case, your lack of control over your bladder or bowel is wreaking havoc on your quality of life, and you want solutions. You’ve come to the right place. The team of urology experts at Arizona Urology specializes in incontinence issues, and we’re pleased to offer the most cutting-edge techniques available, including our Axonics® therapy.

Here, we explain how this approach to improving continence works by reviewing some of the many advantages of Axonics therapy.

1. Axonics therapy addresses the source of continence issues 

Axonics therapy treats continence issues caused by abnormal signaling between the nerves controlling your bladder, bowel, and brain. 

For example, if you have an overactive bladder (OAB), you experience frequent urges to urinate — even if your bladder isn’t full. The nerves signal to your brain that you need to urinate, even when you don’t.

With Axonics therapy, we target those nerves through sacral neuromodulation, a technique that disrupts overactive messaging with mild electrical signals to improve communication between the bladder and the brain.

2. You get to try out Axonic therapy first

If you have OAB, fecal incontinence, or bladder retention issues, and you’re frustrated with previous treatments, you can try Axonics therapy during a trial period. During this trial period, we outfit you with a small, disposable device that you wear on your lower back underneath your clothing. 

If we find that your symptoms improve during the trial period, we can implant a more permanent device just under your skin in your upper buttocks.

3. You manage your Axonics therapy with a remote control

When you have incontinence, the loss of control can be extremely frustrating. The good news is that, with Axonics therapy, you can not only regain control of your bladder or bowels, but you also control the implant itself with a remote device. 

This means that you can adjust the level of the neuromodulation yourself (within a preset range) and turn it off and on at will, restoring your power.

Also, if you find that Axonics therapy isn’t right after all, reversing the therapy is quick and easy — all we do is remove the device.

4. Axonics is a long-term and successful solution to incontinence

The manufacturers of Axonics have conducted several studies, and they all come to the same conclusion — the therapy works. Results showed that 93% of patients experience symptom improvement with Axonics therapy after two years, and 94% are satisfied with the therapy.

In addition to being effective, the Axonics system delivers long-term results. These devices can last 10-20 years or more and go long periods without recharging — 6-10 months.

If you want to break free from the prison of your incontinence issues, it’s worth exploring whether you’re a good candidate for Axonics therapy. To get started, we invite you to contact one of our locations in Phoenix, Goodyear, Gilbert, or Glendale, Arizona, to schedule an appointment with one of our continence specialists.