Leakage control
November 2022
Leakage Control
By Abhay Kumar Shah
Abhay Kumar Shah shares some mudras to treat urinary incontinence, thereby helping patients avoid discomfort and embarrassment, especially women
Mootrapind Mudra
SahajShankh Mudra
Mutrashay Mudra JalShamak Mudra
Urinary incontinence can be described as an accidental or involuntary loss of urine from the bladder. It is not a disease in itself but it is a result or a symptom of diseases or health conditions.
Causes
The causes of urinary incontinence are many, including ageing, prostate enlargement, a stroke, or a urinary tract infection. Ageing is the most common and main cause of this
condition. Wearing out of the tissues of the kidneys, hardening of the blood vessels and the bladder muscles, blockage in the urethra due to prostate enlargement, and general muscle debility can cause urinary incontinence. All these issues become severe with increasing age, especially for those over 60.
Though anyone can be affected by this, it is more common in women. About 58 per cent of women suffer from urinary incontinence.
It occurs while sneezing, laughing, coughing, or lifting heavy objects. It also happens suddenly as the urge to urinate reaches a peak.
Besides the physical discomfort and inconvenience, urinary incontinence takes its toll on the patient psychologically and socially as well.
Here are a few mudras which can work on urinary incontinence and can help to improve the condition, there by improving the quality of
Ashwini Mudra
This mudra isn’t a hand gesture; it is an exercise that one has to perform.
Tense the muscles of the pubic region and the anus, and those that we use to stop the urine. Clench the buttocks against each other. Hold this position as long as you can. Release. Do it again. Go on increasing the time of tensing the muscles. In one cycle, repeat this mudra at least 10 times.
Keep repeating the cycle whenever you get time for a minimum of four to five times a day. This can be done while standing, sitting, or lying down.
Mootrashay Mudra
With the right hand, do the Apaan Mudra: Touch the tips of the middle and the ring finger to the tip of the thumb.
With the left hand do the Kshitij Mudra: Form the Aakaash Mudra, extend, and bend the ring finger in the air, not touching it anywhere on the palm. Rest the tip of the Aakaash Mudra on the middle and the side of the ring finger.
Practise for 16 minutes, twice or thrice a day.
Sahajshankh Mudra
Interlace and clasp the fingers of both hands. Put the thumbs on the side of the index fingers. Put your palms between the thighs.
Practise for 16 minutes, twice a day.
Mootrapind Mudra
Touch the tips of the ring and the little finger to the root of the thumb, then place the thumb on the back of these two fingers. Keep the remaining two fingers comfortably straight. Place your palms on the thighs.
Practise for 16 minutes, twice a day.
Jal Shamak Mudra
Touch the tip of the little finger to the root of the thumb, then place the thumb on the back of the little finger. Keep the remaining three fingers comfortably straight. Keep your palms on the thighs.
Practise for 16 minutes, twice a day, and once before bedtime if there is a need to avoid the urge to urinate during the night.
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Abhay Kumar Shah is a mechanical engineer, who has learnt Mudra Shastra from experts and established his own method of using this science correctly, and in the modern context. He can be reached at: abhayshah.kd@gmail.com
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