Is incontinence ever normal?

Finding Pelvic Sanity

Incontinence is certainly common. More than half of people have incontinence after a baby, it can accompany pelvic pain, prolapse, low back pain or following a surgery.

But it’s never normal, and never something you have to live with.

Sometimes this is normalized - we joke about it with friends, or hear about it from our mothers. But we often don’t recognize the profound effect of incontinence on our lives.

We often abstain from exercising (which has life-long health effects). We don’t feel comfortable doing certain activities with our kids. It dictates what we can wear. Many people find they are making a lot of sacrifices because of their incontinence they didn’t even think about.

Fortunately, it’s absolutely something that can be resolved by a qualified pelvic PT - and generally without Kegels!

Fundamentally, incontinence is the inability of the pelvic floor muscles to perform their job of holding back urine.

But this doesn’t mean they are weak! In fact, many times incontinence is actually due to overly tight and irritated muscles incapable of performing their normal job.

Incontinence is not normal and not something you have to live with. I’ve never had a patient not find improvement with pelvic PT, and the vast majority can completely eliminate incontinence without surgery, medication or a lifetime of pads
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We'd love to work with you to completely resolve your incontinence and pelvic floor issues. If you're local to Southern California, please give our PelvicSanity team a call - we'll be happy to answer any questions and get you started!
Whether we're your first call or you've been to multiple other pelvic PTs and physicians, you can absolutely find lasting relief!

About Us
Dr. Nicole and Jesse Cozean are the founders of PelvicSanity Physical Therapy (www.pelvicsanity.com) in Southern California. The clinic has helped thousands of patients in the Orange County, CA area and hundreds from around the world with a remote consultation and Out of Town Program.
They co-authored The IC Solution and Nicole created The IC Roadmap online course to provide the most accurate, up-to-date information for those with interstitial cystitis. They run the Finding Pelvic Sanity Facebook group for a supportive online community for anyone dealing with pelvic health issues.
Nicole has also created courses and trained thousands of pelvic PTs to provide better care through her work with Pelvic PT Rising (www.pelvicptrising.com).

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