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Who is
Contrelle for?
Women as young as 18 experience bladder leaks, normally due to a weakness in the pelvic floor but it also affects women in a variety of lifestyles and stages.
Contrelle is designed to help women suffering from bladder leaks due to stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and mixed urinary incontinence, where SUI is the main problem. The myth that it only affects women who have had a vaginal birth is just that, a myth. It can affect any women, including:
- Women who haven’t had children
- New mothers
- Women who are peri & post-menopausal
- Athletes
- Women who have had caesareans
Choose Contrelle if you don’t want:
- to wear pads.
- invasive injections.
- the inconvenience and expense of resorting to pelvic surgery.
Pregnancy and childbirth put tremendous pressure on your pelvic floor. Not just during pregnancy but after childbirth, when you’re constantly bending and lifting your growing baby-come-toddler, and all the accessories that come along too; car seats, pushchairs, highchairs etc.
Those years of lifting can put continued strain on the pelvic floor causing it to weaken, with women often experiencing worsening leakage.
As you age, your pelvic floor muscles get weaker as a result of a whole catalogue of events: pregnancy, childbirth, pelvic surgery or long-term high-impact exercise. However, when you reach the menopause, the body stops making the female hormone oestrogen, which many experts think weakens the urethral tissue and the muscles around the urethra. This further increases the prevalence of bladder leakage. Resulting in many women leaking when any slight pressure is exerted, like laughing, sneezing, coughing or running.
Another side effect of the menopause is vaginal dryness. If you suffer from this, a water-based lubricant such as Yes, could help ease the insertion of Contrelle Activgard.
It’s perfectly normal (unwelcome, but normal) for strenuous, sustained workouts to weaken the pelvic floor and cause bladder leaks. Yes, you’re in great shape, but athletic pursuits like running, tennis, weights and cross-fit can create lower abdominal pressure on your pelvic floor, making it feel tender, weak and unable to support your bladder. All this leads to unwelcome leaks when you exercise.
