Pelvic floor exercises can be quick and easily fitted into your daily activities. To exercise your pelvic floor: Lie on your back with your knees bent. Imagine you are at the toilet and you going to stop yourself passing urine midstream, or stop yourself from passing wind. Do not hold your breath while doing this […]
If you have been taught ‘Pelvic Floor Exercises’ in the past then you should continue to do these again. Try to contract your pelvic floor muscles during your Airway Clearance Technique or when coughing and sneezing. Using an Airway Clearance Technique to clear sputum from your lungs reduces how much coughing is required to clear […]
What is stress urinary incontinence? If muscles in your pelvis became weak, there is a risk of you leaking urine during exertion, or straining yourself. For example when you sneeze or cough. Women with COPD are more likely than men to have stress urinary incontinence because of the difference between male and female anatomy and […]
