Treatments
About the treatment
Pelvic Floor Therapy is provided by Restore Innovations, an independent practice located within Elume Medspa at 3925 Blenheim Blvd in Fairfax.
Treatment uses the Pelvic Wave chair, an electromagnetic device FDA-cleared for treating urinary incontinence in women, designed to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles that support bladder control. There are no probes, no wires and no electrodes. Nothing is inserted into the body and nothing touches your skin. You sit fully clothed, supervised by a certified Pelvic Wave operator, and go straight back to your day afterwards.
The treatment
You sit on the Pelvic Wave chair fully clothed for a 20 minute session.
An electromagnetic field generated inside the seat reaches up to 4 inches deep and makes the pelvic floor muscles contract, more than 5,600 times in one session according to the manufacturer. Those contractions are involuntary, so they do not depend on finding and squeezing the right muscle yourself. The operator sets the intensity with you and can adjust it at any point. The chair's FDA clearance describes its purpose: rehabilitating weak pelvic floor muscles and restoring neuromuscular control of the pelvic floor, the coordination that bladder control depends on.
Benefits
Pelvic Floor Therapy is for women and men. It is most often chosen by people whose symptoms started or got worse after pregnancy, childbirth, menopause or prostate surgery, or simply with age, and by people who have tried Kegels without much improvement. The chair's FDA clearance is for urinary incontinence in women, so men talk through whether it suits them at the free consultation.
Stress Incontinence
Urge Incontinence
Overactive Bladder
Pelvic Floor Weakness
Postpartum Recovery
Leakage After Prostate Surgery
Your visit
Your first conversation can be a free 15 minute phone call or a free 30 minute visit to the suite. You talk through what is happening and how often, when it started, and what you have already tried. At an in-person consultation you also see the chair and how it is used.
Nothing is inserted, nothing is applied, and you stay fully clothed throughout. There is no obligation to start the program.
You sit on the Pelvic Wave chair in your own clothes. The operator sets the intensity and adjusts it with you. Over the next 20 minutes the chair contracts your pelvic floor muscles thousands of times, far more repetitions than anyone can manage on their own.
Most people read or use their phone. You will feel the muscles working, often with a tingling sensation. It should not hurt; say so at any point and the intensity is changed. Some people notice mild, workout-like muscle soreness during the first two to three weeks.
The full program is 24 sessions across 8 weeks, which works out at three visits a week. According to the manufacturer, each session produces more than 5,600 pelvic floor contractions.
Everyone responds differently. Restore Innovations reviews how you are doing as the program goes and adjusts the plan to how you respond, rather than running everyone through the same schedule.
There is no recovery period at any stage of the program. You walk out and carry on with your day, including work, exercise and travel.
To help maintain the strength you build, Restore Innovations recommends a short maintenance course of 3 sessions every 6 months. What the program aims at is the ordinary things back: coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting and exercising without planning the day around a bathroom.
| Device | Pelvic Wave electromagnetic chair |
|---|---|
| FDA status | Cleared (510(k) K973096) for urinary incontinence in women; not cleared for men |
| Session | 20 minutes, fully clothed, nothing inserted |
| Contractions per session | More than 5,600, according to the manufacturer |
| Program | 24 sessions over 8 weeks, about 3 a week |
| Maintenance | 3 sessions every 6 months |
| What it feels like | Tingling and muscle contractions; mild workout-like soreness is possible in the first 2 to 3 weeks |
| Downtime | None |
| Consultation | Free: 15 minutes by phone or 30 minutes in person |
| Provider | Restore Innovations, located within Elume Medspa |
A short overview from Pelvic Wave, the chair’s manufacturer.
Video: Pelvic Wave, LLC.
These are the questions Restore Innovations works through at the free consultation. If you answer yes to any of them, the program may be worth a conversation.
Who should not have this treatment. Pelvic Floor Therapy is not suitable if you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant, if you have an implantable cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator, or if you have a history of cardiac arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation. Tell the operator about any implanted device or metal implant at your consultation.
See your doctor first if you have blood in your urine, pain or burning when you urinate, a fever, or symptoms that came on suddenly. Those need a medical diagnosis, and pelvic floor therapy is not a substitute for one.
Magnetic pelvic floor stimulation has been studied, but the evidence is still limited, and it is worth knowing exactly what it shows.
Treatment guidelines, including the UK’s NICE guideline on urinary incontinence, recommend supervised pelvic floor muscle training for at least three months as the first step for stress leakage, and bladder training for urgency. People usually consider chair therapy when exercises alone have not helped enough, or when they find it hard to do them correctly. Restore Innovations can talk through where it fits for you at the free consultation.
Pelvic Floor Therapy is provided by Restore Innovations, an independent practice located within Elume Medspa at 3925 Blenheim Blvd, Suite 53-D, Fairfax, VA 22030. Consultations and treatments are by appointment only.
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No. You feel your pelvic floor muscles contracting, and many people notice a tingling sensation, but the treatment should not be painful. The operator sets the intensity with you and can change it at any point. Some people feel mild, workout-like muscle soreness during the first two to three weeks of the program.
No. You stay fully clothed for the whole session. Nothing is inserted into the body and nothing touches your skin. There are no probes, wires or electrodes.
Twenty minutes. Most people read or use their phone while they sit. There is nothing to prepare beforehand and no recovery time afterwards, so a session fits around a working day.
The standard program is 24 sessions across 8 weeks, which works out at about three sessions a week. After that, Restore Innovations recommends maintenance of 3 sessions every 6 months. The plan is adjusted to how you respond.
None. You can drive yourself home and go straight back to work, exercise and normal activity. Some people notice mild, workout-like muscle soreness during the first two to three weeks.
Pelvic Floor Therapy is not suitable if you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant, if you have an implantable cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator, or if you have a history of cardiac arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation. Tell the operator about any implanted device or metal implant at your consultation so it can be reviewed before you start.
It works the same muscles, but not in the same way. One session produces thousands of contractions in 20 minutes, and those contractions are involuntary, so they do not depend on being able to find and isolate the right muscle yourself. Many people who come in have already tried Kegels without much improvement.
No. It is FDA-cleared, which is not the same thing as FDA-approved. Pelvic Wave’s manufacturer states that the chair relies on 510(k) clearance K973096, which covers non-invasive electromagnetic stimulation of the pelvic floor to rehabilitate weak muscles and restore neuromuscular control for the treatment of urinary incontinence in women. That clearance does not cover men. Men who are interested should talk it through with Restore Innovations at the free consultation.
Some, with real limits. A 2021 meta-analysis of six small sham-controlled trials found magnetic stimulation reduced stress leakage in women compared with a placebo treatment, although the authors flagged problems with study quality. A 2025 systematic review of five small studies of chair-based magnetic stimulation, about 219 women in total, found less leakage but rated that evidence low certainty. None of those studies used the Pelvic Wave chair itself. UK treatment guidelines recommend supervised pelvic floor exercises for at least three months as the first step for stress leakage.
Restore Innovations sees men as well as women, most often for leakage after prostate surgery, leakage after urination, or urgency and frequency. Be aware that the chair’s FDA clearance covers urinary incontinence in women, not men, so talk it through at the free consultation. After prostate surgery, guidelines recommend pelvic floor exercises first, and your urologist should know about any treatment you add.
Yes. Book a free 15 minute phone consultation and Restore Innovations will call you at the time you choose. If you would rather see the chair first, book a free 30 minute consultation in person at the suite.
Pelvic Floor Therapy is provided by Restore Innovations, an independent practice located within Elume Medspa at 3925 Blenheim Blvd, Suite 53-D in Fairfax. Sessions are run by a certified Pelvic Wave operator. To reach Restore Innovations directly, call (571) 299-8780.
Restore Innovations prices each plan individually and explains the full cost of your recommended plan before your first session. The consultation is free and carries no obligation. Call Restore Innovations on (571) 299-8780 or book a consultation online.
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