Women's urine overflows during strenuous exercise

There are many diseases that people are embarrassed to talk about. For example, patients with urinary incontinence are embarrassed to seek medical treatment. There are many reasons for urinary incontinence. Female urinary incontinence may be caused by childbirth, menopause, obesity, etc. Sometimes laughing can cause urinary incontinence, and sometimes exercise can also cause urinary incontinence. What should women do if urine overflows during strenuous exercise? Below we will explain to female friends why they may suffer from urinary incontinence during exercise and how to treat it.

Can people with urinary incontinence do strenuous exercise? Generally, people with urinary incontinence can move around, but it is best to avoid strenuous activities, such as boxing, fighting, and Sanda. In fact, if you insist on running while suffering from urinary incontinence, it can still be a way to relieve the disease.

1. Why do you suffer from urinary incontinence during exercise?

1. Increased abdominal pressure

Many cases of urinary incontinence during exercise are due to increased abdominal pressure caused by exercise, which leads to stress urinary incontinence. Stress urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine when abdominal pressure increases. If your abdominal muscles are tense during exercise, it will easily increase abdominal pressure, leading to stress urinary incontinence. This situation generally occurs more frequently in women than in men.

2. Excessive impact during exercise

During exercise, the body is subjected to strong impact forces. For example, when running, the feet will be subjected to repeated impact forces. These impact forces will be transmitted to the pelvic floor muscles, causing the pelvic floor muscles to bear the weight of the body. During exercise, these muscles become more fatigued than before exercise, which can lead to urinary incontinence.

3. Holding urine

Many people feel the urge to urinate when exercising, but due to inconvenient circumstances, they hold their urine or lose the urge to urinate. This can easily lead to urinary incontinence during strenuous exercise.

4. Personal illness

If there is a problem with the nerves and tissues that control the urge to urinate, that is, a person who already has this disease will suffer from urinary incontinence during exercise.

2. What to do if you have urinary incontinence during exercise

1. Perform pelvic floor muscle training

Pelvic floor muscle training, also known as Kegel exercises, can increase muscle tone by stretching the pubococcygeus muscles of the pelvic floor, making the muscles of your urethra and other organs thicker and stronger.

Stage 1: Stand with your hands crossed over your shoulders, toes at 90 degrees, inner heels at armpit width, and squeeze tightly. Hold for 5 seconds and then relax. Repeat this action 20 times or more.

Stage 2 1. Lie flat on your back, bend your knees, contract your buttocks muscles and lift your anus upward.

2. Keep the pelvic floor muscles contracted for five seconds, then slowly relax. After five to ten seconds, repeat the contraction.

3. Do sit-ups

Lie flat on the bed and do sit-ups twice a day. This can help exercise the abdominal muscles and adapt to the increased abdominal pressure.

4. Use squatting posture to defecate

After urinary incontinence occurs during exercise, it is recommended to use squatting posture for defecation, which can help maintain or improve the tone of the pelvic floor muscles.

5. Acupuncture at the Zhongji, Guanyuan, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao and other points can also increase the tension of the pelvic floor muscles, thereby improving bladder function.