What can I do now to prevent having bladder and urination problems?

What can I do now to prevent having bladder and urination problems?

Jennifer Anger, M.D, M.P.H. (Assistant Professor) gives expert video advice on: What can I do now to prevent having bladder and urination problems?; Can medications cause incontinence?; Could my lifestyle cause incontinence? and more...

Pelvic floor exercises are the best way to maintain pelvic floor strength. We can't really beat aging, so, actually, there isn't too much we can do. Stress incontinence risk factors can be avoided, such as preventing obesity, not smoking. We don't really recommend about not having vaginal deliveries or not having babies. So I think I would tell patients that if they develop stress incontinence after delivery, we have a lot of great treatments out there.