The muscles in your pelvis consist of stabilizers that keep your pelvis in alignment with your spine and movers that move your hip joints and legs in different directions. These muscle groups are essential to prevent hip, spine and knee injuries...
While men experience bladder control problems less frequently than women, between 7 and 15 percent of older men suffer from urinary incontinence of other bladder problems, lead author Cindy Maloney-Monaghan reports in an article published in...
Bladder, or urinary, incontinence, is a common problem and one that can be a symptom of an underlying medical condition or an everyday habit, according to the Mayo Clinic. Depending on the cause, it may be a temporary or persistent condition, and...
You are sitting in a theater enjoying the newest blockbuster when the scene abruptly changes to a rushing river. The sound of moving water engulfs the auditorium and seems to have pushed a button attached directly to your bladder. Suddenly, you...
Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine. Structural abnormalities and muscle and nerve disorders commonly cause bladder control problems. There are four types of urinary incontinence: stress, urge, overflow and functional...
Numerous bladder disorders can manifest in men. According to Medline Plus and the National Institutes of Health, the bladder is a hollow organ in the lower abdomen that collects and stores urine. Men and women can experience many of the same...
Good muscle tone is vital to bladder control. Women to Women notes that as women age, the urethral muscle can lose strength and flexibility due to decreasing estrogen, causing stress incontinence; men, as they grow older, can also experience...