How Fit Is Your Floor?
Essentials|July 2017

It’s time to pulse your way to a fitter pelvic floor – so you can bounce with abandon or sneeze with gusto.

Carrie Mitchell
How Fit Is Your Floor?

Ever jumped on a trampoline with the kids and been alarmed by a little leakage?! Yes? Well, you’re not alone. One in four women are affected by bladder weakness when we cough, sneeze, laugh – or bounce! 

But despite it being a common problem, we rarely hear anyone talking about it – obviously wetting yourself is not exactly something you’d want to go shouting about from the rooftops, but how are we supposed to fix the problem if no one owns up to actually having it? Thankfully, more women finally seem to be coming out of the (water) closet – even Kate Winslet confessed to having the occasional accident, admitting to Graham Norton that ‘by the third sneeze, it’s game over!’.

WHAT’S GOING ON?

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