This is a health problem affecting millions, but often patients and clinicians are reluctant to talk about it. However this is a conservative number based on the number of people who discuss the problem with their physician. Many people are too embarrassed, or think no help is available, and so never mention it.
Many doctors never ask patients if urine leakage is starting to change their life styles.
A Closer Look Urinary incontinence is not normal at any age and it is not considered a normal part of aging. 2 Women are three to five times more likely to develop incontinence than men, but as men age they frequently develop some form of incontinence also. The effectiveness of these modalities has been established in hundreds of studies, first starting in 1948 when Dr. Arnold Kegel introduced the importance of strengthening the pelvic floor muscle. At the Integrative Medicine Clinic in Great Falls, Montana, we specialize in helping people with incontinence.