Friday, May 26, 2017

Best Tip: The Exercise (Not Kegels) That Will Stop Incontinence

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May 26, 2017
 

Yet another reason to love yoga

You do have natural options for treatment of incontinence. "I recommend a series of yoga postures, including triangle pose and lotus pose, while doing diaphragmatic breathing in unison with pelvic floor contractions, which are akin to Kegels," says Dr. Kate Hadfield is a naturopathic doctor and certified birth doula at Vive Health in Calgary. "Most of us could also benefit from hip- or core-focused yoga or Pilates to strengthen our pelvic floor muscles, which can help prevent leaking later on. Still, though weak pelvic floor muscles are the primary reason why women experience incontinence, they're not the only reason."

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