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80% of Trampolinists Leak. Almost None of Them Have Had a Baby.

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There’s a belief so widespread that most people have never questioned it: bladder leaking is what happens to women after childbirth, and eventually to older women. Here’s a set of figures that complicates that considerably. Athletes are almost three times more likely to experience urinary incontinence than sedentary women. Prevalence ranges from around 10.9% in low-impact sports such as cycling to 80% in high-impact activities like trampoline gymnastics.

Why Everything Started Hurting at 48

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There’s a specific experience women describe, and it’s remarkably consistent. Nothing happened. There was no injury, no accident, no obvious change in activity. But somewhere in your forties, your body started behaving differently. Your joints ache in the morning. Your shoulder has stopped moving properly. A tendon you’d never thought about is now a daily consideration. You feel, as one orthopedic surgeon put it describing her own experience, like you’ve been run over by a truck. And when you mention it, the response is usually some version of “well, that’s your age.” There’s a considerably better explanation, and it has only recently been given a name.