Sacred Heart Hospital's SeniorSpirit! program will present a free seminar on urinary incontinence therapy on Wednesday, May 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Dudley Greenhut Auditorium on Sacred Heart's main campus.

The seminar will be presented by Rita Gedney, a doctorate of physical therapist and incontinence therapist at Sacred Heart Rehabilitation on Davis Highway. The seminar will discuss the different types urinary incontinence as well as therapy programs to control or eliminate this condition without surgery or medication.

Urinary incontinence occurs when the bladder cannot hold urine and some or all of it leaks out. More than 13 million Americans experience loss of bladder control. However, women suffer from incontinence twice as often as men do.

Registration is required and seating is limited. To register, call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit is a free program for persons 55 and older.  Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as three free guest meal tickets and newspaper delivery upon hospital admission, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit events, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information.

For more information, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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