In an age when people talk about sex and Viagra as if they were discussing golf scores, it seems ironic that many of the more than 200 million people worldwide who suffer from urinary incontinence are too embarrassed to mention the subject to their doctor.
(Harvard Health Letter & The Lance)

But if they did, they would learn that there are treatments that can eliminate or improve the problem in 9 out of 10 people who experience urine leakage.
(Harvard Health Letter)

The most common form of urinary continence is called stress incontinence. Accidents may occur while sneezing, laughing, exercising or just bending over. These pelvic floor muscles can become weak after childbirth or after a woman stops having periods. On average, each woman with incontinence is estimated to spend $1,000 a year on absorbent products.
(Drug Store News)

Studies have shown that one in four women ages 30 to 59 has experienced urinary incontinence.
(Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) (AHCPR)
This may explain why at least $5.2 billion is spent on incontinence pads each year.
(The Lancet)

Studies show, strengthening pelvic floor muscles with Kegel exercises reduce urine leakage in 50% to 75% of women and cure it in 20% with stress incontinence.
(Harvard Health Letter)

Kegel exercises are the best behavioral treatment for women with stress incontinence.
(Nursing Library)

Pelvic floor exercise should be the first choice of treatment for genuine stress incontinence .
(British Medical Journal)

Pelvic floor muscles are just like other muscles and exercise can make them stronger. Women can regain control through pelvic muscle exercises called Kegel exercises. Kegel Exercises can help maintain or improve bladder control, therefore, reduce the chances of incontinence.
(National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases)

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Recommended Resistance Training for the Pelvic Floor Muscles.

 

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