A few of the earlier articles have mentioned Pelvic Floor exercises – a simple yet very important activity that can significantly improve and reduce stress incontinence and bladder control problems.

Even more importantly, regularly doing Pelvic Floor exercises can reduce the risk of experiencing incontinence problems later on in life, especially following childbirth. Over the next few 3 days we’ll cover the topic in a short series of articles.

Pelvic Floor exercises can be done at almost anytime or anywhere, at home, work or even queuing for a bus! Once you have learnt to tighten your pelvic floor muscles, you can squeeze them and hold when you sneeze, lift or jump to prevent leakage. However, please note that you may have to do them for a few months before you notice any improvement.

Next we’ll look at what the Pelvic Floor is and how you find it.

If you want to read more in the meanwhile then visit the Pelvic Floor Exercises section on our website.