Lifestyle Changes
- Quit Smoking – Smoking can lead to:
- Chronic Cough
- Damage to Bladder
- Damage to Urethra
- Lose weight – Excess weight puts extra pressure on the pelvic floor muscles.
- Avoid caffiene and alchohol as this may make you urinate more.
Timed Voiding
Your physician may instruct you to urinate every 2-4 hours, while awake. The goal of this therapy is simply to keep the patient dry. This will help to empty the bladder and avoid accidents.
Bladder Re-training
This involves timed voiding, but the length of time between the bathroom trips is graduallyincreased. This therapy trains the bladder to delay voiding for larger time intervals.