Complaints about the tena lady ad

That ad makes me cringe! Whoever thought it was OK!

Urinary incontinence in men isnt advertised as much, there are many incontinence pads for men too,which are widely used, but not mentioned!

Men with GU problems get referrals quicker than women.

missdeke. Men do suffer from urinary incontinence. It can happen after prostate surgery but, there are other causes.

Missdeke men get incontinence too, they are just not told "oh its normal, it's because youre a man, put up with it"

okimhere Pelvic floor exercises are not done by clenching the buttocks.

Find the pelvic floor by sitting down and leaning forward. Then pretend that you are ‘holding in’ urine and faeces. That will show you where the pelvic floor muscles are. Then the exercises can begin.

I agree - horrible ad, twee and patronising.

I loathe that ad. I am lucky enough not to have the problem but it is just so twee ( excuse pun!) .
I'm sure women with a urinary problem do not all go about giggling about it. Have some taste for heaven's sake!!!

I presume I'm one of the lucky ones. I have never suffered with incontinence even though I have given birth four times. I must admit that I am surprised at the presumed level of incontinence amongst women, I had no idea!!! One thing that puzzles me though is this just a women's problem or do men suffer as well?

I agree with some of the comments on here. Especially the one ( notanan2) who suggests it’s worse if we are overweight. When I lose weight it certainly improves.
Currently ‘ squeezing’ as typing

Thank you for highlighting this. I think it's worth a campaign to get it stopped! I hate the suggestion that incontinence is an acceptable price to pay for childbirth when so often it's inadequate intrapartum care that's to blame! For example
- Bad positioning in 2nd stage labour so pelvic floor is stressed.
- Failure to get the woman's bladder empty so urethra is stretched
- shouting PUSH

All these ads are making me think that leaking is normal. I don't leak but do have to run to the toilet in the middle of the night. I wish they'd take those ads off. I hate them.

Interesting..... I listened to a doctor only yesterday stating that 'leaks' are 100 per cent curable with pelvis exercise persistence. I'm going to give it a go. He reckons three months of five second pelvic 'keep it in' squeezes every hour. I plan to set my alarm until it hopefully becomes my norm.

And her voice.... Ghastly..

Doing those clench your buttocks for count of 10 etc does work to an extent but may need catching up with over the years..

The adverts are alarming;

diarrhoea,constipation, tooth problems, indigestion, arthritis, gum disease, leaking bladders, no end of stomach disorders, dry vaginas, erectile dysfunction....need I go on. " What a piece of work is Man?"

Shouldn't all these comments be directed to......

www.tena.co.uk/men/contact-us

Who wants to wear knickers that look like blackout curtains ?

Besides the ad. being an insult it's also suggestive that all women who've given birth wet themselves. Not true !

It's not only normal but extremely common for anyone who's had a stroke and that's not a urinary dysfunction at all.

I can't understand why she says, 'no-one told me about incontinence' - didn't a health profession mention pelvic floor exercises? The actress doesn't look like she's ever given birth either.

Oop wrong thread. That was re the obesity thread

People are bad at judging what is healthy.

Because these days, what is "normal" is not necessarily healthy.

An average sized portion is not necessarily a normal one.

An average sized person is not necessarily a healthy sized person

Etc

I have to be honest here, my incontinence is directly related to my weight and fitness. When I gain weight it comes back. There is no quick fix for me, I have to stay fit or it recurs.

And as Pernilla said it does involve complying with exercise and advice.

However women are discouraged from seeking that advice in the first place because they get all these (wrong) messages that its a "normal" part of aging or childbearing etc!

Yes, cringeworthy ad isn’t it?

The womens' health phisio who advised me said that if we all did the exercises as properly instructed then most low level stress incontinence could be cured. She certainly cured me, from an unusual variety that was mainly to do with sport, though it took 6 months of squeezing.

But it is not "NORMAL"

It is a disfuntion of the urinary system.

And enough women get fobbed off as it is when they try to get it treated.

It cannot always be treated but it should always be investigated at the very least.