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Incontinence
Stress incontinence is the form of incontinence that is triggered when
there is an increase in intraabdominal pressure. Activities such
as stretching, coughing, sneezing, running, lifting, jumping, bending
over, and laughing all increase intraabdominal pressure and can cause
leakage which is known as stress incontinence. Stress incontinence
is the most common form of incontinence and is experienced by
millions. Stress incontinence is also the form of incontinence
that is the most readily treatable with kegel exercises and pelvic floor
muscle exercises with vaginal weights. Related factors according
to Mosby's medical dictionary include degenerative changes in pelvic
muscles and structural supports associated with increased age; high
intraabdominal pressure such as obesity; or pregnant; incompetent
bladder outlet; over distension between voiding; weak pelvic muscles and
structural supports.
Urge incontinence another common form of incontinence is defined by
Mosby's as the state in which an individual experiences involuntary
passage of urine occurring soon after a strong sense of urgency to
void. Defining characteristics include urgency, frequency (voiding
more often than every two hours), bladder contractions or spasms,
urinating more than two times per night, voiding in small amounts.
Most commonly treated with antispasmodic medication, this type of
incontinence is the pharmaceutical company's dream come true.
Though less conclusive research has been done concerning pelvic floor
exercises and the reduction of Urge incontinence it has been shown that
reductions in urge incontinence are strongly linked to pelvic floor
health. Unfortunately none of the research on urge incontinence
and pelvic floor muscle exercises shows as striking of improvement rates
as the research concerning stress incontinence and pelvic floor
exercises. A combination of medication and kegel exercises may
lead to the best outcomes for urge incontinence. Research is
currently been done in that area and is promising.
Stress and urge incontinence can both be significantly reduced if not
completely eliminated using kegel exercises. Kegel exercises with
resistance supplied by a device such as vaginal weights are more
effective than kegel exercises without resistance. Read more about
the theory behind kegel exercises with resistance
and vaginal weights.