Episode 51: Why You Always Have To Pee When You Get Home - Latchkey Incontinence Explained

If you ever find yourself doing a “pee dance” the second you get home and stressing about peeing your pants before you make it to the toilet, this episode is for you. In Episode 51 of the Not Your Mother's Pelvic Floor Podcast, Aliya explains latchkey incontinence or key-in-the-door syndrome - a type of urge incontinence (or a loss of bladder control that happens when we get an urge to pee). She explains why we get strong, sudden, and often uncontrollable urges to pee the moment we return home, put our key in the door, or pull into our garage and how these types of triggers are formed to disrupt the communication between the brain and the bladder. Listen along to learn as she explains:how the bladder, brain, and pelvic floor muscles typically communicate when your bladder is full enough and needs to be emptiedhow and why this communication can breakdown and what happens when it doeswhy it’s so common for us to get an overwhelming urge to pee when we return home at the end of the daythe role of the nervous system in urge incontinence the exact steps you need to follow in order to have better control of your bladder when you experience those sudden + overwhelming urgesAliya mentioned other episodes that will be helpful to listen to. Episode 27 is all about Your Breath and Your Pelvic Floor and Episode 7 is all about 10 Tips for Better Bladder Control. **Today's episode is sponsored by THE PELVIC FLOOR MOBILITY PROGRAM.  This is an online program filled with follow along pelvic floor exercise videos designed by Aliya, a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist and based on the exact exercises she teaches her patients. To date, this program has helped hundreds of women fix their pelvic floor problems through a whole-body approach that includes breath work, stretching, mobility, pelvic floor + core strengthening, and stress reduction. Learn more about it HERE! **Use the code PODCAST for 10% off **About Aliya:Aliya Dhalla PT, B.Sc, MPT is a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist in Toronto, Canada and the Founder of Box Wellness Co. You can learn pelvic floor exercises and tips from her on Instagram @boxwellnessco - this is where she likes to share some behind-the-scenes of her life, her clinic, and what she's eating these days. _____Check out boxwellness.co to learn more about Aliya + how she can help you through her online courses, programs, and more!For FREE resources to help you along your pelvic health journey, check out https://boxwellness.co/free-pelvic-floor-resourcesFollow along @boxwellnessco + @notyourmotherspelvicfloor for more fun. More info on: The Pelvic Floor Mobility ProgramMore info on: Online Pregnancy Courses