Many women playing camogie and Gaelic football 'suffer in silence' with pelvic floor issues

Of the 455 intercounty and club ladies’ footballers and camogie players surveyed for this groundbreaking Irish study, 36.8% said they suffer with urinary leakage. Stock picture: Alamy 

More than one third of camogie and ladies' Gaelic football players suffer urine leakage due to pelvic floor problems while playing but are “suffering in silence” without treatment as this taboo topic is rarely discussed.

Some 455 intercounty and club ladies’ footballers and camogie players, with an average age of 23.6 years, were surveyed for this groundbreaking Irish analysis.