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Incontinence Improvement with Pelvic PT?
Its only been since December 7 that I've been in PT and recently began tracking using the 24 hour pad test. Since February 11 the average is 444/24 hours. The 2 day moving average is 418/24 hours.
This looks like I'm far behind the curve of those who eventually made significant improvement.
I'm interested in other's comments about their rate of improvement over the initial months following RP.
I do my daily kegels, and other exercises from PT. No caffeine or alcohol. 73 years old. No problem prior to RP.
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slight change of subject
does anyone have nay tricks to reduce/contain stress incontinence in the moment?
I just went for a short walk ( 20 minutes) almost every step I took, there was leakage. I want to exercise but this sort of gets in the way. additionally this compromises my bladder training as my bladder is empty when I get back
Maybe I just have to wait it out but if anyone has any tricks I would love to learn them
My PF therapist had me test this but had told me that two of the most common stress incontinence issues are sitting and standing from a seated position. Now I do not experience any form of incontinence but she would ask me to sit down as I engage my core and pelvic floor and the the same standing. Maybe that is a good place to start for you, just sitting and standing to use your floor to squeeze that urethra, I don't know. If it works then perhaps that starts to translate to other things like walking.
Like I said, zero experience other than being told my PF therapist and learning in advance that if I have stress incontinence to control it in this way.
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1 ReactionThanks I am going to practice this later this afternoon. I appreciate any tips I can get.