Muscle Strain Recovery: Abdominal, Calf & Neck Strain Care

Recovering from an abdominal or calf strain requires proper rest, specific stretches, and sometimes cold therapy. Learn how to differentiate between a strain and a hernia, and discover the best vitamins to speed up muscle repair.

Herbs That Relax Bladder Muscles

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Janet Contursi

Your bladder muscle, also known as the detrusor muscle, relaxes when the bladder is storing urine, and contracts when it is expelling urine. If your bladder muscle cannot relax, you may have an overactive bladder and bladder control problems, like incontinence, which can be uncomfortable and embarrassing.

Janet Contursi has been a writer and editor for more than 23 years. She has written for professional journals and newspapers, and has experience editing educational, cultural, and business articles and books. Her clients include Gale Publishers, Anaxos, Vielife and Twin Cities Wellness. Contursi earned her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, where she studied cultural anthropology, South Asian languages and culture, and art history.