Peeing Shower

Peeing Shower

If You Do This in the Shower, Stop Immediately, Doctor Says

You shouldn't pee when you're in the shower.
If you pee in the shower, it could subconsciously train you to urinate when you hear water.
You could also physically damage your body with the seemingly harmless habit.
Avoiding peeing in the shower now could save you grief later in life.

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You might want to avoid this one habit while you're cleaning yourself off.
There is no one-size-fits-all requirement when it comes to a shower routine. Some rinse off first thing in the morning. Others prefer to do it at night. And according to certain debates on the internet, there's even an argument over which body parts should actually get washed and how often we should be bathing at all. But according to a doctor, there's at least one habit you might want to avoid whenever it comes time to jump in the shower. Read on to see what you shouldn't be doing while getting yourself clean.
You may only be steps from the toilet, but it's no secret—and yet another matter of heated hygiene debate —that some people feel free to urinate while rinsing themselves off. And while there may be those who argue it's a cleanliness issue, one doctor warns that you shouldn't pee in the shower because of the potential effects it could have on your body. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb
In a video that has since gone viral on TikTok, Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas , MD, a certified pelvic floor physical therapist with a doctorate in physical therapy, cautions that you may be accidentally conditioning yourself to urinate on command to the sound of the nozzle spraying. "If you pee in the shower, or turn on the faucet or turn on the shower and then sit on the toilet to pee while the shower is running, you're creating an association in the brain between the sound of running water and having to pee," she said.
At first blush, it may seem like a stretch to connect bladder control issues with peeing in the shower . But in a later interview with Buzzfeed, Jeffrey-Thomas clarified her comments and described the psychological response known as a Pavlovian effect.
"Your bladder relies on signals it gets both from the stretch of the bladder walls as it fills, as well as signals from the brain which let it know when to contract to urinate," she said. "We want to avoid training our bladder to associate certain signals with the urge to pee. In this case, peeing in the shower associates the sound of running water with urination or with submersion in water. This can often transition into being triggered by other sounds of running water (like when you're running the faucet to wash your hands or the dishes) or when you're in bodies of water."
The conditioned response may not be a problem for everyone, but she said others might feel the effects in one potentially embarrassing way. "For some, this may just be an annoyance, but for people with any kind of pelvic floor dysfunction, this could contribute to urge incontinence (or leaking urine when you have the urge to use the restroom)," she told Buzzfeed.
But it's not just the psychological conditioning that could be creating an issue. Depending on your body type, allowing yourself to urinate while standing in the running water could be going against your body's methods for holding it when you need to.
"From a pelvic floor perspective, the position for peeing in the shower is not conducive to pelvic floor relaxation," Jeffrey-Thomas told Buzzfeed. "AMAB (assigned male at birth) bodies have the prostate to support the bladder, which makes standing to urinate okay, but AFAB (assigned female at birth) bodies—as well as people who have had affirmation surgeries—do not have the same level of support for the bladder. To maintain continence (i.e., not peeing your pants at inappropriate times), the pelvic floor generally wants to remain contracted in a standing or hovering position, so to urinate in those positions, one has to bypass these normal continence mechanisms, which can be problematic down the line."
However, there is one way to overcome this issue if you ever find yourself desperate to pee while bathing. "Deep squatting all the way to the ground in the shower avoids this and allows the pelvic floor to relax." But, she added, "then you're still doing the water/peeing association."
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Ultimately, Jeffrey-Thomas admits that her recommendation might come off as a bit extreme. But she argues that paying attention to this one minor bathing detail now could significantly affect how your body works down the line.
"Shower peeing may seem like a silly thing to focus on, but there are many small habits that contribute to our overall bladder function and pelvic floor function," she told Buzzfeed. "This is all about preventing problems later in life. Ask anyone who pees their pants: If they knew how to prevent the embarrassment and frustration associated with it, they would go back and do it in a heartbeat."
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By Isadora Baum Published: Jul 23, 2018
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If peeing in the shower is cool, consider us Miles Davis.
We’ve all been there before: you’re in the shower, minding your own business, when all of a sudden you have the urge to pee. For a brief moment, you might think, “No, I can’t! It’s too gross! My feet are touching my pee!” But the thought quickly leaves your mind, and you end up peeing in the shower.
Then the next day, you do it again. And again. And again.
You might think you’re gross for peeing in the shower, but you’re far from alone: according to an (admittedly not that scientific) survey from Angie’s List, nearly 80% of people have admitted to doing so at one point or another.
But is peeing in the shower hygienic — or, for that matter, is it actually OK for you? We asked the experts to weigh in.
Let's start out by talking about what's actually in your urine. “Urine is basically filtered waste from your bloodstream. It is composed of water, electrolytes, and urea,” says Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD, a urologist at Orlando Health.
Contrary to popular belief, urine is not actually sterile : even if you're healthy, your urine likely contains low levels of bacteria. But because there's a constant stream of running water to wash your urine down the drain, “urinating in the shower would not present any significant hygiene risks," explains Robert Glatter, MD, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Northwell Health and attending emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital.
You know that old saying, "If it's yellow, let it mellow"? Well, it's true: older toilets can use between 5 and 7 gallons of water per flush, according to the environmental nonprofit GRACE Communications Foundation's Water Footprint Calculator . So peeing in the shower saves you a flush, which is actually a decent way to cut down on your household's water use.
Doing regular Kegel exercises, or contracting and releasing your pelvic floor muscles, has been proven to " strengthen muscles and improve blood flow to the area, which is thought to help sexual function,” thus improving the quality of your orgasms and helping you last longer in bed, says Brahmbhatt.
Additionally, he says, doing Kegels in the shower "can help men improve urinary control, especially if they have had prostate surgery or nerve damage that has led to a disconnection between the bladder, prostate, and surrounding muscles."
Granted, you don't have to be in the shower to do Kegels. But if you want to get started, try stopping and starting your stream for five minutes, two to three times a day. Then "repeat contracting those muscles 10 times. Slowly contract and release,” Brahmbhatt says.
There's an old wives' tale that peeing in the shower is a good way to prevent or treat athlete’s foot , a.k.a. foot fungus. It's important to note that “there is no published evidence that urinating in the shower may help to prevent foot fungus or is a prescribed therapy to treat foot fungus,” Glatter says.
That said, urea, the nitrogenous compound found in your urine, is also present in some anti-fungal creams . It's used to soften the skin to allow the active anti-fungal agent to better penetrate the affected area, explains Glatter. "In theory, [this] could help treat or prevent a fungal infection," he says. But because urea is typically only present in urine in small amounts, you'd have to pee a lot for this to have any effect.
To sum up: if you're squeamish about bodily functions, then by all means, you should continue to micturate in the toilet like a good boy. But if you're in the shower and you really have to pee, then it likely won't do you any harm; in fact, it may even have some small benefits. So pee freely, friend.
Isadora Baum is a freelance writer, certified health coach, and author of 5-Minute Energy . She can't resist a good sample, a margarita, a new HIIT class, or an easy laugh. Learn more about her on her website: isadorabaum.com .
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