Pelvic Floor Exercises

Pelvic floor exercises strengthen the muscles around the bladder, vagina and the anus. They can help reduce stress incontinence (leaking few drops of urine while coughing or laughing ), prolapse and can improve the tone of the muscles during sex ( lax loose vagina ).

To identify your pelvic floor muscles, try to stop the flow of urine when you are passing urine. The muscles that you use to do this act are the muscles of your pelvic floor. Pl remember that is not recommended to stop the flow while passing urine. This is only to help you identify the muscles.

One should squeeze hold for few minutes and release these muscles 10 to 15 times in a row and one should do this as three to four sets and 3 to 4 times daily. The technique is important, and one must not tighten the stomach muscles or hold the breath at the same time.

It takes a few months to see any results. The key to success is persistence, the exercises are useful even in pregnancy and can play an important role in preventing the urinary incontinence after delivery.