Incontinence

Incontinence is the involuntary leaking of urine. Women most often complain of symptoms of the two most common types of incontinence:

1) Urinary Stress Incontinence – caused by weakened pelvic floor muscle. The pelvic floor muscle is not strong enough to prevent urine leaking under the “stress” when sneezing, coughing, running or laughing, or during strenuous activity.

Urinary Stress Incontinence generally starts out with leaking on the occasional sneeze. It gets worse over time. It is the most common form of incontinence in women and is very easily prevented and alleviated without the need for drugs or surgery.

 

It is estimated that 1 in 3 women will suffer from urinary incontinence at some stage in their lives. 

 

The shocking truth is that an estimated 90% of surgeries carried out for stress incontinence and prolapse are unnecessary.

 

In recent years, surgery has become an extremely popular choice of the medical profession for women with stress incontinence, often with devastating long term effects for the women concerned.

 

“In most continence surgery the benefit of restoring continence is often at the expense of developing new symptoms, or exacerbating existing lower urinary tract symptoms”.  This is from a study undertaken by the Department of Urology, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick, Ireland.

 

The root cause of the problem, the weakened pelvic floor muscle, is never addressed. Surgery seems rarely a permanent solution.

 

“Pelvic surgery merry-go-round” aptly describes the situation where many women have one surgery and then go on to have another and another.

 

Health services around the world are investing billions in solutions that can in many cases make a problem worse or create new problems. 

 

“There is a better way than surgery to correct most cases of pubococcygeal weakness” Dr Arnold Kegel, TIME magazine, 3 Dec 1956. 

 

The way Dr Kegel was referring to 50 years ago is exercising the pelvic floor muscle against resistance.  Tragically, women are encouraged to perform pelvic floor exercises without resistance. 

 

The medical profession has been misleading women for years; pelvic floor exercises were NEVER meant to be done the way they are taught in maternity hospitals, clinics, and by doctors today.  They were ALWAYS meant to be performed against resistance.

 

The Kegelmaster is the only progressive resistance exerciser in the world with 15 different levels of resistance and a patented safety mechanism The Kegelmaster™ is virtually 100% effective at eliminating stress incontinence and extremely effective in relieving urge incontinence.

 

Widely adopted as a preventative measure, the Kegelmaster™ could reduce the amount of surgery for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse to near zero.

 

Surgery for stress incontinence and prolapse could be relegated to the realm of archaic practices no longer performed on women.  The truth has been suppressed about the need for resistance for effective pelvic floor exercise. Countless women around the world suffer unnecessarily because of this.

 

What works is performing the exercises the way they were meant to be done - against resistance. 

2) Urge Incontinence – a feeling of urgency, frequency, or having to go “Now”. This is caused by the bladder muscle going into spasm or contracting too early. This condition is also known as Overactive Bladder or OAB.

With Urge Incontinence you may find yourself getting up to go to the toilet a couple of times during the night. This may leave you feeling tired the next day. Over a period of time this can affect your general health as well.

There is a very simple way to greatly reduce your symptoms of urge incontinence and get your life back.

Mixed incontinence is having both Urinary Stress Incontinence and Urge Incontinence together. A double whammy!

If you’ve never had a problem with incontinence all your life and are surprised when entering the menopause to find yourself having symptoms of incontinence now, you are not alone. Many women experience incontinence for the first time during the menopause due to hormonal changes.

 

“40% of women who attend their doctor for menopausal symptoms suffer incontinence within 5-8 years of menopause.”  Mid-Western Health Board, Ireland, ‘A plan for women’s health’ May 1999.

 

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists estimate that 1 in 3 women will suffer from incontinence at some stage in their lives.  This is a staggering, frightening statistic.  It is also a totally unnecessary one.

 

 

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