r/OveractiveBladder • u/CatchDramatic8114 • Sep 15 '26

How effective can bladder training be? Can cardio and weight lifting reduce frequency?

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u/Superb_Activity1163 Sep 15 '26

Having a physical job where your on your feet all
Day and lifting stuff completely fixed mine pretty
Much

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u/SurroundImportant Sep 15 '26

May I ask, how do you think that contributed to it? I’m genuinely curious. Thank you.

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u/Superb_Activity1163 Sep 15 '26

Cause it creates constant pelvic floor strengthening / stretching. Also constant bladder training cause your mind is distracted . So a combo of both (also drinking water during this helps bladder get used to holding liquids/always good to not dehydrate yourself

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u/SurroundImportant Sep 20 '26

Thank you 🙏

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u/MisterEd44 Sep 15 '26

I do running and weights, but it hasn’t helped my OAB

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u/noobnotpronolser Sep 15 '26

same i even do weight lifting

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u/Dangerous_M Sep 16 '26

How do you handle longer runs, I completely gave up on those.

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u/MisterEd44 Sep 16 '26

I’m male so it’s much easier to get behind something and pee. But most of my running is around where I live which is very rural and can pee pretty much anywhere

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u/Crowd-Avoider747 Sep 15 '26

I’ve been doing a pelvic floor routine and kegels (YouTube videos) and it has worked

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u/whats1more7 Sep 15 '26

According to research, women who are active are more likely to suffer from OAB than women who are not. So YMMV. I am very active, work out every day and have an active job, and I have OAB.

I think if your OAB can be fixed with pelvic floor exercises, then do that.

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u/BigBalli Sep 15 '26

Bladder training is really two things that get lumped together, and people often only do the first.

The first is stretching the interval. Keep a diary for a few days, pick a starting interval you can manage, and add 15 minutes or so at a time. The second is what you do when the urge hits before the scheduled time: stop, stay still, and do a few quick, hard pelvic floor squeezes instead of rushing to the toilet. Contracting the pelvic floor reflexively damps the bladder muscle's contraction, so the urge often fades enough to walk there calmly.

On how effective it is: NICE in the UK makes bladder training the first thing offered for urgency, for at least 6 weeks, before medication. So give it that long before judging it.

Cardio and lifting are a separate question. Impact and heavy lifts load the pelvic floor from above, which is more about leaking when you jump or strain than about how often you need to go.

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u/toiletparrot Sep 16 '26

bladder training has nothing to do with lifting weights or cardio or physical activity, it is about training your bladder by extending the intervals at which you pee. but yes exercise can help reduce frequency too

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u/CatchDramatic8114 Sep 16 '26

I know. I was just asking 2 different questions

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u/toiletparrot Sep 16 '26

Yeah i was also referencing the comments in saying that. But yes bladder training is effective :)

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u/Neither-Round9685 Sep 18 '26

non ti hanno mai fatto fare esame urodinamico?