02/10/2021
Come on, join in. Less than 3 months to go now but never too late. Thanks Elaine Miller. Physiotherapist / Comedian.
Today is 3 months before Christmas - evidence says if you have stress incontinence and x3/day for 3 months then YOU COULD BE ! I’m going to remind you. Cos I is nice like that, and because no one likes yellow snow...WHAT IS STRESS INCONTINENCE? When you wet yourself a bit if you laugh/cough/sneeze. Or do something stupid, like go on a bouncy castle...HOW DO I DO THEM? deep breath in, sigh out, your bum hole. Hold x10 seconds, KEEP BREATHING (yes, it is tricky, but holding your breath is cheating, I’ll explain that, and a heap of other stuff, as we go along), relax. WHAT IS ? Exactly the same as when you are holding in a fart. imagine you’ve got a REALLY stinky one loaded...like, you ate something unspeakable (but delicious) yesterday and this fart will be horrific. People won’t judge, they’ll be too busy running away from the noxious odour. Holding your bum hole shut is you working your pelvic floor, so hold that fart for 10 seconds. Don’t worry if you can’t get to 10, or aren’t sure if you know when the fades off, as you get stronger it’ll get better. hold x10 will buy you time if there’s a loo queue, but won’t help if you sneeze and the muscles need to kick in quickly - so, for that imagine a nasty fart, quickly, but, oh, it’s ok, it’s gone away, so you relax your bum hole. Oh no! It’s back! That’s going to be horrific! to hold it in! Oh, phew, it’s ok, it’s gone away again. Do that 10 times in a row, and relax in between each one. That’s all there is to it - a long hold and 10 quick flicks each done three times a day. WHO ARE YOU? I’m a f***y physio, everything I tell you is evidenced, not made up woo. I’m a recovered incontinent. And a comedian. Weird skill mix. Do the hold x 10 and 10 quick flicks every time you see my wee avatar, lets see what happens. Tell your pals, talking is kryptonite to taboos.
