Recurrent urinary tract infections are frustrating for patients, especially when they don’t understand why they keep happening.

To answer the question of “why do I keep getting urinary tract infections” there are several things we need to investigate.

Urine leakage while running is a common concern for runners. Some studies report that to 40% of runners struggle with urinary incontinence. Many choose to just wear a pad and continue running, however we caution anyone against this as this can lead to compensations and further problems down the road. You should never leak when you run and if you experience leakage, you should stop running at the mileage point where you experience leakage. A quick solution, might be to take a small break mid-run and then try to resume running only continuing if you can do so without leakage.

Many patient struggle with recurrent UTIs (Urinary Tract Infections). Sometimes though, patients have UTI symptoms but no UTI present with urine cultures. This can frustrate patients because they have a difficult time finding relief of their symptoms with traditional UTI remedies. So what exactly is causing this and what can you do to remedy the symptoms?