Category: incontinence

Stressed About Incontinence? Management and Treatment Tips for a Common, Sometimes Embarrassing Ailment

It’s been said that everyone enjoys a good laugh, but for a large percentage of people, those chuckles are accompanied by urine leakage. Yes, we’re talking about urinary incontinence—a health taboo that really needs to be erased for good—because-guess what? It’s common! According to the Urology Care Foundation, up to one-third of adults in the United…


Men Have Pelvic Floors Too – and Can Benefit When They Exercise Them Regularly

“Kegels” and pelvic floor exercises are usually associated with “women’s business” – think pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause. But men have pelvic floors too. Just like women, at various times in their lives men can benefit from training their pelvic floors to address a variety of health concerns. About 30% of men visiting the doctor have…


Yoga App Eases Incontinence in 4 Weeks

People with incontinence who used the Yoga of Immortals mobile app had significant improvement in the frequency and severity of urine leaks in four weeks, a new study shows. The globally used app combines specific yogic postures in the Sanatan tradition with breathing exercises, sound therapy, and meditation. Urinary incontinence is more common in women compared…


Try This Bladder Workout to Get a Handle on Incontinence

The sudden urge to urinate can be debilitating. It can keep you from leaving home and enjoying your life, with the fear of a potential accident always looming. Sometimes an overactive bladder is called urge incontinence, creating the urge to go when your bladder isn’t full. It might be possible to use a bladder workout…


Bracing for Incontinence

As a woman gets older, she’s more likely to experience certain forms of unintended urination. Incontinence often sneaks up on women, becoming gradually more common with age. And recent numbers suggest that certain types of incontinence are sneaking up more than usual. A study published in the August 2021 issue of the American Journal of…


Train Your Hips for Lifelong Continence

“Requiring disposable underwear as I age is my personal goal,” said no one ever! For those over the age of 65 and still living at home, more than 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men report urinary incontinence—and this matter is much more serious than just buying disposable underwear. Urinary incontinence has a…