{"id":370441,"date":"2018-07-22T19:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/5-simple-steps-to-training-your-bladder\/"},"modified":"2018-07-22T19:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:19:15","slug":"5-simple-steps-to-training-your-bladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/5-simple-steps-to-training-your-bladder\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Simple Steps To Training Your Bladder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard the phrase, \u201cYou can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks.\u201d Typically, this refers to being older in age and it being more difficult to learn something new. This may apply to people, but it sure doesn\u2019t apply to our bladders. You can very well teach an old bladder a new trick, that being to prevent leaks.<\/p>\n

As we age, the pelvic floor muscles become weaker, which increases the risk of bladder leaks. But suffering from bladder leaks doesn\u2019t have to be an inevitable part of aging. In fact, you can train your bladder to be more effective and reduce your risk of leaks.<\/p>\n

The best way to train your bladder is to make it stronger through exercise. Now, this isn\u2019t the type of exercise you do in the gym, but one you can do in the comfort of your own home.<\/p>\n

5 Steps to Bladder Training<\/strong><\/p>\n

One way to train your bladder is to extend the amount of time in between urinations. These five steps can help you achieve this type of bladder training.
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Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0For a couple of days, document how often you urinate or leak.<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0For each day, calculate the amount of time in between urinations.<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Based on the calculations, choose an interval that you can hold your urine for.<\/p>\n

Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Always empty your bladder upon awakening. Throughout the day, continue to add 15 minutes to your intervals. Continue this routine until you feel comfortable with it.<\/p>\n

Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Once you\u2019ve mastered your initial training, create a new regimen by adding an additional 15 minutes to each interval.<\/p>\n

Another form of bladder training to strengthen pelvic muscles is to stop your stream of urination while peeing. You can do this several times while you\u2019re urinating.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard the phrase, \u201cYou can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks.\u201d Typically, this refers to being older in age and it being more difficult to learn something new. This may apply to people, but it sure doesn\u2019t apply to our bladders. You can very well teach an old bladder a new trick, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-370441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}