One in three women will experience urinary incontinence in her lifetime, especially after the strain of pregnancy and the hormonal changes of menopause.
But just because bladder leaks are common doesn’t mean you have to accept them as normal.
Vagercise offers dozens of exercise and educational classes for overcoming stress incontinence, or bladder leaks that occur when you sneeze, cough, laugh, run or jump.
With stress incontinence, the pelvic floor can’t properly squeeze around the urethra to stop urine from escaping—either because the muscles are too weak, too tight or both.
The solutions for stress incontinence depend on your symptoms.
If your pelvic floor is too weak to stop the flow, you’ll want to strengthen the muscles in and around the pelvis, including your core, hips and glutes.
If your pelvic floor is so tight that the muscles can’t properly contract, you’ll want to focus on techniques for relieving tension, like yoga, stretching and breathing exercises.
In Vagercise classes taught by pelvic floor physical therapists, we’ll help you understand the cause of your bladder leaks and guide you toward the exercise classes that are right for you.
Vagercise classes for stress incontinence include:
- Pelvic Floor Strength series
- Musical Kegels series, with pelvic floor contractions timed to the beat
- Core Strength series
- Hip and Glute Strength series
- Pelvic Floor Yoga and Relaxation series
- Stretching and Mobility series
- Problem Solving classes for specific issues like leaks with sneezing, running and more
Bladder leaks are frustrating, and it takes consistent exercise and lifestyle changes to see improvement.
But you don’t have to wear pads for the rest of your life. You can get better—and we’ll help you get there.