Incontinence: Shocking Numbers of Fit, Young Women Have This Embarrassing Problem
Help is available, but awareness of appropriate treatment lags.
By Anna Medaris Miller, Staff Writer |Aug. 31, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.
Research suggests more than one-quarter of collegiate female athletes who've never had children experience urinary incontinence while participating in their sport. (Getty Images)
The first time Amanda Cooke peed her pants she was a junior in high school. She was running on a trail during cross-country practice when she felt a warm stream rush down her legs. "All of a sudden, I just peed, and I was like, 'What do I do?'" remembers Cooke, now a 36-year-old in Columbus, Ohio.
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