This is a muscle shaped like a
balloon. When the bladder stores
urine, the muscle relaxes. While
urinating, the bladder muscle tightens
to squeeze urine out of the bladder.

Two sphincter muscles surround a
tube called the urethra. Urine leaves
your body through the urethra. The
sphincters keep the urethra closed by
squeezing like rubber bands. The
pelvic floor muscles beneath the
bladder also help keep the urethra
closed.

Nerves in the bladder signal the brain
once the bladder is full. That’s when
you get the urge to go to the
restroom.

When you are ready to urinate, the
brain tells the sphincter and pelvic
floor muscles to relax-allowing urine
to pass through the urethra. The brain
signal also tells the bladder to tighten
up which squeezes urine out of the
bladder.

Methods for cleansing and helping the organ recover

• Be careful of the medications
  you use (Only stop taking
  prescriptions under the
  advice of your physician).
• Medicines that treat high
  blood pressure may make the
  sphincter muscles too tight or
  too loose. Medicines to treat
  colds can have a similar
  effect.
• Diuretics take fluid from
  swollen areas of your body
  and send it to the bladder.
  This could cause the bladder
  to leak because it fills more
  quickly than usual.
• Caffeine drinks like coffee
  and cola have the same
  effect. Some foods like
  chocolate can also cause
  bladder problems.
• The key here is to moderate
  your use of diuretics.
  Drink pomegranate juice
  and/or eat celery (juice).