5 Ways to Strengthen a Weak Bladder
If you find yourself needing to visit the bathroom more often than usual or struggle to hold onto your urine when active, you could suffer from stress incontinence. While it may be problematic when it comes to going about your daily routine, there are a number of ways you can strengthen a weak bladder. From Kegel exercises to pioneering new HIFEM technology, discover our top ways to relieve stress incontinence by strengthening your bladder.
1 Practice Kegel exercises to support your pelvic floor
Your go-to way to strengthen your bladder is by putting your pelvic floor muscles to work. These are the muscles that wrap under the bladder and rectum. Give them a good daily workout by undertaking Kegel exercises and you’ll alleviate stress incontinence symptoms in a matter of weeks.
Kegel exercises to strengthen a weak bladder
1) To identify your pelvic floor, when you are next passing urine, try to stop your stream mid flow. You use your pelvic floor muscle to do this.
2) Begin the Kegel exercises by standing, lying or sitting with your knees slightly apart. Slowly tighten your pelvic floor under the bladder as hard as you can (as if you were stopping your urine flow).
3) Hold for a count of five then relax. Repeat but tighten and release quickly ten times.
4) Do a cycle of one long squeeze followed by ten short squeezes eight times. If possible, carry out the entire sequence of Kegel exercises three…