Urinary urgency
If you experience urinary urgency or urge incontinence, check your diet for bladder irritants: coffee, alcohol, black/green tea, soda, seltzer, and red/blue food dye. Try eliminating one of your favorite irritants to see which one has the most impact. For example, if you can't imagine starting your day without a morning latte, substitute water for your afternoon seltzer.
Conscious breath work can help with urinary urgency by decreasing the fight or flight response that occurs with urgency. Practicing urge deferral helps - sitting quietly, performing a few pelvic floor muscle lifts, and breathing until the urge to urinate ceases. It helps!
May 15, 2013 - 3:38pmThis Comment