Weight incontinence

Overweight

Studies have shown that being overweight can particularly increase the risk of developing incontinence by putting pressure onto the pelvic floor.

Gaining weight above your ideal body mass can make the problem worse it you have already experienced pelvic floor problems.

Doing pelvic floor exercises is always a useful way to increase the strength of your muscles, while using aids, such as Aquaflex cones and the Pelvic Floor Educator, can have significant results.

You are also more likely to suffer from weight-related incontinence if, like most women, you accumulate the extra weight around your midsection, as this applies more pressure on the pelvic floor muscles than other areas of the body.

The additional weight that you are carrying over your normal body mass is placing extra load and pressure onto the structures of the pelvic floor, including the muscles and tissues.

This extra pressure reduces the strength of the pelvic floor muscles and causes the bladder to leak urine because the muscles lack the strength to hold it in.

Losing additional weight to restore your normal body mass can help to reduce the risk of developing incontinence and relieve the symptoms if you already suffer from it.

It may not be necessary to lose much weight for you to notice significant changes in the health of your pelvic floor and the number of times you experience leakages.