Leaking with high impact activities?

Are you leaking with running, jumping, lifting, CrossFit or any other high impact activities? 🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🤾🏻‍♀️

For some women, this happens after they give birth. For others, it might happen progressively over time even though they have never been pregnant or delivered a baby 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Leaking with high impact activities is caused by a variety of factors such as:

👉🏼 Pelvic floor dysfunction

👉🏼 Bladder prolapse

👉🏼 Excessive intra-abdominal pressure

👉🏼 Fascial restriction around pelvic organs 🍑

Here is what you can do to reduce/eliminate leaking:

💛 Reduce impact (eg, run with smaller steps, jump lower, lift less weight)

💛 Practice steady breath throughout your exercise session and exhale when you exert effort

💛 Wear an external pelvic floor support garment or an internal pessary

💛 See a pelvic floor physio to pinpoint the cause of your issue

Please contact me if you have any questions. I am here to support you. 💕💕💕

By Mia Dang, PT / a registered physiotherapist with extensive supplementary training in pelvic floor physiotherapy and perinatal care