Incontinence Care at Ableworld

This entry was posted in July 19, 2023

What is Incontinence & Continence?

The definition of Continence is the ability to control bladder or bowel movements, Incontinence therefore is the inability to control these movements. People can struggle with either urinary incontinence which is the accidental loss of urine from the bladder, or Bowel Incontinence in which you lose faeces from the bowel by accident.  

Who suffers from Incontinence?

People of all ages can suffer from incontinence but the likelihood increases as we get older. It is estimated that 14 million men, woman, young adults and children are living with bladder issues so, you are not alone!

What causes Incontinence?

There are multiple factors that could cause you to have issues with your continence including, weak pelvis floor muscles, change in nerves controlling the bladder or pelvic floor. It could even be down to an overactive bladder, for men the prostate may have enlarged which pushes against the bladder causing the urge to pee.

Symptoms of Incontinence?

Symptoms of Urinary incontinence varies from person to person but can include leaking urine when coughing or sneezing. Passing urine frequently, urgent need to pass urine, wetting the bed and difficulty passing urine when you do.

Symptoms of Bowel Incontinence includes, leaking from bowels, urgent need to open bowels, difficulty controlling wind and straining when emptying them.

How to regain control of your Incontinence

Ableworld understands that there is plenty of medication out there to help reduce the risk and frequency of leakage. However, Ableworld wish to promote behavioral changes that can be made instantly to improve incontinence without the need for pharmaceutical intervention.

Pelvic Floor Exercises – More and more evidence has been gathered to support the positive effects of training your pelvic floor to improve Incontinence. Strengthening the muscles that are active in bladder and bowel control can help you stop frequent leakage and regain some independence. Please click the link to find out how to perform the exercises correctly. https://healthandcarevideos.uk/bladder?videoId=1595 

Maintain healthy Weight – Taking care of your weight is another way to reduce incontinence as an increase in weight can cause diabetes. Diabetes increases the amount of urine that we produce which in turn increases our likelihood of leakage.

Diet – Eating a healthy diet is fundamental factor when it come to the overall health and functionality of our bowels and bladder. This includes eating fresh veg and fruit especially cruciferous veg such as Broccoli, the king of all vegetables in my opinion.

Healthy Fats such as oily fish, avocado and avocado oil, cold pressed Extra Virgin Oil from a glass bottle, are all healthy fats that our vital to any diet. Avoid vegetable oil like the plague!

Lastly eat fermented food such as Kimchi, Saurkraut and yogurt. Fermented food is proven to increase gut and bladder health!

Incontinence products at Ableworld

Here at Ableworld we understand the importance of incontinence care that is why we have a range of premium Incontinence products that can help anyone on a daily basis. We wanted to ensure we supplied our customers with premium quality pads & pants, that not only work perfectly but will stand the test of time.

Ableworld now supply Abena San Pads as well as Abena Pants.

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