Getting active and keeping that way are great lifetime habits – and we know this should be high on all our agendas, yes!? Whether it’s a little or a lot, whether you’re an athlete or you’ve just bought your first pair of runners, it’s important to have a ‘can do’ state of mind when it comes to exercise.
Sports stars and bladder leakage
A former elite athlete and corporate lawyer, Kimberley Smith was used to functioning at her peak. Kimberley was an elite athlete from the age of 18, attending the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra straight out of high school. She played netball at the elite level for over 10 years, representing the NSW Swifts and was a member of the Australia Diamonds Squad. Here’s her story that introduces the real experience that can happen with sports stars and bladder leakage.
Bladder leakage isn’t just a ‘seniors’ problem
When 24-year-old Christin Young walked into the urology clinic at a major Sydney hospital, she was struck by the fact that she was the only person under 30 in the room. “There was nothing to validate me as a young person experiencing incontinence,”(bladder leakage) she says. “There was no information at all about urinary problems in young people and I felt it reinforced that incontinence is an older person’s issue and it was not okay for me to be experiencing it.”Check out more of Christin’s story
