Do you go to the toilet “just in case?”

There are 3 main types of urinary incontinence:

• Stress Urinary Incontinence: Tendency to leak due to an increase in the pressure in your abdomen. This is usually associated with coughing, sneezing, running and lifting.

• Urge Urinary incontinence: Difficulty/ inability to hold urine for any desired about of time.

• Mixed incontinence: A mixture of both mentioned above.

One of the reasons behind urge incontinence can be an overactive bladder with or without incontinence.

Symptoms of an overactive bladder include:

• frequent urgency

• increased frequency of urination during the day

• waking up more than 1-2 times/ night with an urge to urinate.

A pelvic floor physiotherapist can help you assess contributing factors including fluid intake, can provide bladder retraining tips and assess your pelvic floor muscles to help you improve your urinary urgency.