Does Peeing In The Shower Cause Pee Leaks?

Who doesn't love to save the earth a little by peeing in the shower?

But can peeing in the shower regularly eventually cause pee leaks?

With so many people feeling an uncontrollable urge to pee when the shower turns on, it's reasonable to think that peeing in the shower is a bad habit to have.

Peeing In the Shower and Pee Leaks

Our brain learns that wherever we tend to pee, we tend to pee! So even though we may start a habit to pee when we physiologically need to, this habit can end up triggering the need to pee when we don't physiologically need to overtime.

These habits, coupled with pelvic floor dysfunction, can create a tigger for urge incontinence, or a type of pee leak.

Urge Incontinence Triggers

When our pelvic floors are too weak or too tight, or for some reason our bladders are irritatied, this can lead to urinary urgency, frequency, and eventually urge incontinence.

Urge incontinence refers to a strong urge to pee followed by, peeing, typically in your pants or as you are pulling your pants down to pee.

If you typically pee in the shower, and then your develop urgency, it makes sense that you might have an incontinence episode around showering.

If you don't typically pee in the shower, you may still develop urge incontinence with showering because running water is a trigger for many people.

Peeing Standing Up

A deep squat is the best position for peeing for both male and female anatomy. Deep squats stretch and relax the pelvic floor and shorten the distance pee has to travel in the urethra.

Will peeing in the shower once a day create dysfunctional peeing?

Probably not. Just make sure you are not bearing down or that your stream doesn't spray everywhere.

Just as in the case of developing urge incontinence with peeing in the shower, if you develop issues with painful peeing or incomplete emptying, you likely have a tight pelvic floor and that was going to show up at some point anyway.

Conclusion

If you develop issues with peeing in the shower, you should stop, and you should also see a pelvic floor physical therapist.

If shower-peeing triggers pelvic floor issues, it's likely those issues were lurking under the surface and would have shown up eventually, even without shower-peeing.

I assure you that it's okay to pee in the shower if that's a preference of yours! And remember, if you are worried about these issues, pelvic floor PT can help. Book your session today!

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Want to learn more about your pelvic floor or find out if pelvic floor physical therapy is for you? Make sure you check out our blog The Ultimate Guide to Know If Pelvic Floor PT is For You.