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Feature Friday: Bladder Leaks Getting In The Way Of Your Work Out?

Finess Team here with your weekly dose of oops moments and messy mishaps! In the spotlight this week we have Andrea Metcalf of Examiner.com. Having been a “fitness instructor for more than 30 years” Andrea has heard her fair share of stories about bladder leaks and the difficulties of maintaining one’s fitness routine while dealing with stress urinary incontinence.…

Feature Friday: What Happens When You Mix Incontinence & Trampolines?

Wahoo! It’s Friday and the weekend is almost in full swing! Before you head out on your fun adventures check out this weeks #featurefriday. If you’re due for a good laugh, you won’t want to miss this post from Jenn of Jenn’s Blah Blah Blog as she gets real about incontinence and being a mommy with…

Feature Friday: Forget Incontinence and Dance With Finess!

Here we are again. It’s the end of the week and you know what that means? Another #featurefriday of course! As we enter the weekend you don’t want to miss this post from Samantha of The Peanuts Gang blog as she talks about staying busy while dealing with stress urinary incontinence. If you’re anything like Samantha who has “two little misters” (Charlie, age…

Bladder Leaks: How To Get Professional Help

You’re done with monthly periods and you’ve had enough kids to keep your hands full for another 20 years! You’ve begun to experience bladder leaks, but you’re not sure that your gynecologist can treat that. So whom do you go to? Pelvic Exams can help determine the cause of bladder leaks Dr. Toni Harris…

Feature Friday: What Do Incontinence & Ketchup Bottles Have in Common?

That’s right ladies, this marks the first blog post of our #featurefriday series! The thing we love most about the end of the week here at Finess is hearing and sharing all of your great incontinence stories, tinkle tales, and oops moments. This week, we have a great story from Susan Keats, contributing writer of The…

Why Does My Bladder Leak When I Sneeze?

For those new to or frequently experiencing a loss of urine when you sneeze, cough or exercise, it may be a perplexing issue. Why does my bladder leak? Do I have a problem with my bladder? What do I do? Why We Leak? To help you better understand what is happening ‘down there’ we’d like you to…

Stress Urinary Incontinence: The 3 Causes of Bladder Leakage

Your teen years and all the insecurities of being a pubescent woman are long gone (Amen to that!), but now you face a new problem– BLADDER LEAKAGE. For postpartum, perimenopausal and menopausal women, having stress urinary incontinence can make them feel like an awkward teen plagued with wearing bulky pads again. The medical term for this condition is Stress…

Why Do I Pee When I Exercise?

Blogger, Pam Lutrell of Over50Feeling40, and urogynecologist, Dr. Toni Harris, discuss why so many women stop doing the activities that they love because of stress urinary incontinence. Imagine that you’re in a Zumba class when your favorite song comes on. You can’t help but get into the groove and so you decide to go full out on those leg kicks. It is…

How to Use Finess- The Girl Scout Salute

Blogger, Pam Lutrell of Over50Feeling40, and urogynecologist, Dr. Toni Harris, discuss 4 easy steps to help you place Finess and control your stress urinary incontinence. Do you remember the first time you used a tampon? You probably sat there looking at the box thinking, “what is this thing and how the heck am I supposed to do this?” When it comes to using a…

3 Ways to Manage Your Stress Urinary Incontinence

Blogger Pam Lutrell of Over50Feeling40 and urogynecologist, Dr. Toni Harris, discuss simple ways to control your stress urinary incontinence. There has to be an easier way to deal with bladder leakage than crossing your legs… and fingers in hope that if you squeeze tight enough it won’t flow down your pants. Sure, you could bring a change of clothes everywhere, but you waited forever to wear…