Women, this is why you may be peeing your pants or having pain while jumping

 

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Agreed Dr Shobha Gupta, medical director and IVF specialist, Mother’s Lap IVF Centre, New Delhi and Vrindavan who explained that pregnancy, childbirth, prostate cancer therapy, obesity, and the strain of persistent constipation can all weaken the pelvic floor. “Symptoms of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction are leaking urine when coughing, sneezing, laughing or running, failing to reach the toilet in time, passing wind from either the anus or vagina when bending over or lifting, reduced sensation in the vagina, a sense of heaviness in the vagina, recurrent urinary tract infections, or recurrent thrush, and vulval pain, pain with sex, and inability to orgasm,” Dr Gupta told indianexpress.com.

What to do?

Sharma listed that pelvic floor and core exercises are a must.

*Start doing simple pelvic floor exercises – Kegels, glute bridges, squats and squeezing your bladder as if you are holding your pee. One should focus on breathing and engaging core muscles while doing these exercises.

*Simple core exercises like reverse plank, bird-dog, dead bug, superman can be started a few weeks after postpartum, with approval from your doctor.

*Needless to say, excess weight will also add pressure on pelvic muscles. “So, make sure to keep your weight in check by eating healthy and maintaining a good workout routine,” said Sharma.

Dr Gupta shared that beginners, when learning the exercises, should try to schedule five or six sessions every day. “It’s important to do these workouts properly. To ensure you are performing them correctly, see your doctor, physiotherapist for pelvic health, or continence advisor. Three workouts a day are sufficient after you fully grasp the exercises’ mechanics,” she said.

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