The relationship between low back pain and urinary incontinence has been observed by physiotherapists for some time and confirmed by many studies. A deeply personal and relentlessly taboo issue, incontinence is rarely divulged—in doctors’ offices or with friends—leaving many women to believe the misconception that leaking urine is part of normal aging.
In fact, regardless of age, there are strategies that can help with urinary incontinence, which affects more than half of U.S. women—a statistic that is growing due to an aging population and the obesity epidemic. It’s such an important conversation that shouldn’t be avoided, experts said, because incontinence is often the “last straw” for caregivers before they relinquish care of a loved one to a facility.
