What is urinary incontinence?

Urine leak: Urinary incontinence refers to the involuntary loss of urine. There are many forms. It can be a drop or a spurt of urine loss with physical activity, such as cough, jump, lift or even getting up out of chair= stress incontinence. Getting an urge to urinate and leaking before you get to the toilet is known as urge incontinence, a form of overactive bladder (oab).

Involuntary loss: Urinary incontinece is involuntary loss of urine that affects the quality of one's life. It has a variety of causes and treatment is based on the specific cause.

Abdominal muscles?: On page 37 of janet g. Travell/simons text book they list medical syndromes that are not completely "classical" and are being masqueraded by the abdominal muscle and fascia so called myofascial pain and dysfunction disorders. In this case the "incontinence" is best txed with myofascial release techniques w hands-on and w needles as with acupuncture, dry needling or trigger points injection.

UI: Urinary incontinence is the loss of urine from your urethra/bladder when you don't want it to happen. There are many causes but the most common are stress incontinence (leaking with coughing, sneezing, exercising, etc.) and urge incontinence (unable to make it to the toilet prior to voiding).