10 Healthy CHANGES

1 DO PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES

These are one of the easiest forms of exercise and one of the most important, especially if you’re a mum. Incontinence affects an estimated 1.1 million New Zealanders, but 80 per cent of women with urinary stress incontinence (the most common type affecting women) can be cured with pelvic floor muscle training. “All women who have had a baby should be doing pelvic floor exercises every day for the rest of their lives,” says pelvic floor physiotherapist Liz Childs from Continence NZ. “You should