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The decline in oestrogen combined with natural ageing can cause pelvic floor disorders in postmenopausal women. These dysfunctions include incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and sexual problems.

What is the Treatment for Menopause?

The main treatment for women during menopause is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). A woman can begin to take HRT to control menopausal symptoms. After a hysterectomy, a woman may only need oestrogen, with progestogen occasionally being added. This can be taken in a number of ways including tablets, patches and skin gels.

How Long Do You Take Hormone Replacement Therapy For?

For each woman, the length of time varies. It is recommended that women who suffer from unpleasant menopause symptoms should take HRT to improve their quality of life. HRT is recommended for young women until the average age of menopause...

Throughout our lives, our bodies change – it’s just part and parcel of the natural ageing process. However, there are some changes that we’re completely unprepared for that we can’t hide. These can seriously impact our confidence levels and emotional wellbeing and even creep into our love lives and other relationships.

Luckily, if you’ve noticed yourself feeling a little ‘looser’ than usual down there, simple exercises can alleviate these feelings and help to tighten your vagina in your own home.

How Sex Changes with Age

Something you may not have bargained for with ageing is a somewhat ‘looser’ downstairs department.  This...

With so many of us looking for a ‘quick fix’ when it comes to our facial and upper body appearance, it’s hardly surprising that this trend has migrated somewhat further down south!  ‘Designer vaginas’ are all the rage, and the soar in popularity of vaginal cosmetic surgery means it is becoming one of the fastest growing surgery types within the entire cosmetic industry.

But, where does this need and desire to be ‘perfect’ come from?  As females, we are constantly reminded of what is ‘beautiful’.  Flawless images of women, the beauty of whom we could only ever aspire to have, are everywhere.  The pressure is on us to conform to this ideal, or risk being branded as ‘ugly’.  Well, this concept has now gone one step further, with many of us seeking perfection in our most intimate areas.  Many doctors and medical experts attribute the rise in vaginal cosmetic surgery to our increased exposure to internet porn.  Airbrushed images of ‘faultless’ models...

When your bladder calls the shots…

Do you leak when you laugh?

Stress Incontinence or Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) (also known as Exercise Induced Urine Leakage EIUL) happens when your muscles weaken and are no longer able to support your bladder in place to keep you dry. It’s a ‘warning shot’; your body's way of telling you that you need to strengthen your muscles and this must not be ignored.

Don’t pad the problem and don’t pretend it didn’t happen as you consign your wet knickers to the laundry basket, because damp urine soaked panties are smelly, uncomfortable and bad for your self-esteem!

Is your bladder in control of your urine or your urine in control of your bladder?

When Stress meets Urge...

Bowel problems are much more common than most people think, and bowel incontinence is one of the more distressing bowel problems people can suffer.

Faecal incontinence can range in severity, ranging from passing a small piece of stool when passing wind, through to complete loss of bowel control. But no matter the severity of the problem, bowel incontinence can really damage self-esteem and quality of life.

If you are suffering bowel incontinence, it’s important not to just wear incontinence pads and hope the problem will go away, it’s important to see your doctor to establish the cause, and Kegel exercise to strengthen your pelvic floor. A strong pelvic floor means that your muscles can better support your pelvic organs and help to prevent faecal incontinence.

Bowel Incontinence Symptoms

• Passing a small stool when passing wind
• Complete loss of bowel control
• Diarrhoea
• Stomach pain
• Urinary incontinence
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Regain Control of Your Bladder

If you've been struggling with urge incontinence it can be hard to know what to do. Often the urgent feeling is so strong that it feels impossible to resist it - nobody wants to end up having an accident in public! Unfortunately by giving into this panicky, 'need to go NOW!' feeling all the time you will actually be making this problem worse. When you go in response to this urge, your bladder starts to think that it has a far smaller capacity than it really does. It's a vicious cycle! But you can stop it via something called bladder training; just follow our guide.

Your Guide to Bladder Training

The main aim of bladder training is to slowly increase the amount of time between...