If you're grossed out by making contact with a public toilet seat DON'T HOVER OVER THE TOILET SEAT!
Your bladder works opposite in relation to your pelvic floor muscles. When your pelvic floor muscles relax, like when sitting on the toilet, the bladder gets a signal to empty and the muscle that controls the bladder squeezes to help with bladder emptying. When you're finished peeing, wiping and standing up, the pelvic floor muscles return to their normal resting tone, giving the brain a signal that it's ok to start filling again. There are moments where you can buy yourself some time from emptying the bladder, like if you really have the urge go but the nearest bathroom is a couple of blocks away. You can relax the bladder muscle by performing some quick kegel contractions. These are done by quickly contracting your pelvic floor muscles (like stopping the flow of urine) followed by immediate relaxation. Repeat this about 10 times in a row to tell the bladder muscle to relax until you can get to the nearest bathroom. When you hover over the toilet you not only get pee running down your thigh, but you also start learning some poor bladder habits. Hovering over a toilet can cause:
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