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Tips for Doing Pelvic Floor Exercises

Posted On : May-29-2012 | seen (1237) times | Article Word Count : 499 |

How often do you do pelvic floor exercises? Giving birth, getting older, being overweight and having surgery such as a caesarean section can cause the muscles in your pelvic floor to be weakened.
How often do you do pelvic floor exercises? Giving birth, getting older, being overweight and having surgery such as a caesarean section can cause the muscles in your pelvic floor to be weakened. These are the muscles which wrap around the underside of your bladder and your rectum. Weak muscles on your pelvic floor can result in urinary incontinence which can be very embarrassing. The problem can be solved by strengthening the muscles with pelvic floor exercises. These exercises can also help you have more powerful orgasms and improve the pleasure of sex. Also, if you will be having more children in the future then pelvic floor exercises will help to make your pregnancy and delivery easier and healthier.

Some women find it difficult to start doing pelvic floor exercises because they are not sure which muscles to contract. Here are some tips for finding the right muscles and performing these exercises properly and effectively:

- In order to find the right muscles, sit on a chair with your knees spread a small amount apart. Use your imagination to pretend that you are stopping yourself from urinating and squeeze the muscle that you would use to do this.

- To make sure you are squeezing the right muscle, inset a finger into your vagina. You should feel the muscles squeezing around it.

- You can find the muscle by actually stopping and starting your flow of urine while you are urinating, but don’t make a habit of doing the exercises while you are urinating. This can cause you to have difficulty voiding your bladder completely.

- Remember that it should feel like a contraction upward and inward and not like you are bearing down or pushing.

- When you are doing the pelvic floor exercises you should not be tightening your tummy, thighs or buttock muscles or squeezing your legs together. If you find that you are doing so then this means that you are using the wrong muscle groups.

- You might have the tendency to hold your breath while concentrating on these exercises, but be sure to relax and breathe normally.

- Do some slow contractions and keep the muscles held tight for 10 seconds. If you cannot contract these muscles for 10 seconds then focus on holding them tight for as long as you possibly can.

- You can also perform some fast contractions of one second which will help your pelvic floor muscles to respond quickly and prevent you from leaking urine when you cough, sneeze and laugh.

- You can do these exercises whenever you want because no one can tell that you are doing them. It is possible to perform them at your desk at work, while talking on the phone, while watching television or while sitting on the bus.

These are just a few helpful tips to keep in mind for performing pelvic floor exercises and improving your pelvic health.

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Did you know that pelvic floor exercises can help reduce incontinence and improve sexual satisfaction? Here are some tips for performing these exercises.

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