Prevention

These healthy lifestyle choices may reduce your risk of overactive bladder:

• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Get regular, daily physical activity and exercise.
• Limit consumption of caffeine and alcohol.
• Quit smoking.
• Manage chronic conditions, such as diabetes, that might contribute to overactive bladder symptoms.
• Learn where your pelvic floor muscles are and then strengthen them by doing Kegel exercises — tighten (contract) the muscles, hold the contraction for two seconds and relax the muscles for three seconds. Work up to holding the contraction for five seconds and then 10 seconds at a time. Do three sets of 10 repetitions each day.