Kegel exercise

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Kegel exercises , also known as pelvic floor exercises , consisting of repeatedly contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor, is now sometimes colloquially referred to as " Kegel muscle ". This exercise can be done several times every day, for a few minutes at a time, for one to three months, to begin to have an effect.

Kegel exercises make pelvic floor muscles stronger. These are the muscles that hold the bladder and help prevent it from leaking. Exercise is usually done to reduce urinary stress incontinence (especially after childbirth) and reduce premature ejaculation in men.

Some tools exist to help with this exercise, although studies have debated the relative effectiveness of different tools compared to traditional exercises. They were first described in 1948 by the American gynecologist Arnold Kegel.

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Health effects

Factors such as pregnancy, childbirth, aging, being overweight, and abdominal surgery such as caesarean section, often result in weakening of pelvic muscles. This can be assessed by a digital vaginal pressure examination or using a Kegel perineometer. Kegel exercises are useful for regaining pelvic floor muscle strength in such cases.

Urinary tract health

Pelvic floor exercises are the first-line conservative treatment recommended for women with urinary incontinence from stress, impulse, or mixed type. There is transient evidence that biofeedback can provide additional benefits when used with pelvic floor muscle training. After prostatectomy there is no clear evidence that teaching pelvic floor exercises alters the risk of urinary incontinence in men.

pelvic prolapse

The symptoms of prolapse and severity can be reduced by pelvic floor exercises. Effectiveness can be improved with feedback on how to exercise.

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Action mechanism

The purpose of Kegel exercises is to improve muscle tone by strengthening pubococcygeus muscle in the pelvic floor. Kegels are a popular exercise for pregnant women to prepare pelvic floor for physiological pressure in late stages of pregnancy and childbirth. Kegel exercises are said to both treat vaginal prolapse and prevent prolapse of the uterus in women and to treat prostate pain and swelling resulting from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatitis in men. Kegel exercises may be helpful in treating urinary incontinence in both men and women. Kegel exercises can also increase sexual satisfaction, allowing women to complete pompoirs and help reduce premature ejaculation in men. Many of the actions performed by Kegel muscles include holding urine and avoiding bowel movements. Reproducing this type of muscle action can strengthen Kegel muscles. The act of slowing or stopping the flow of urine can be used as a true pelvic floor exercise technique test.

It is now known that the levator ani component (the pelvic diaphragm), ie pubococcygeus, puborectalis and ileococcygeus, contracts and relaxes as one muscle. Therefore, pelvic floor exercises involve all levator ani rather than pubococcygeus alone. Pelvic floor exercises may be useful in cases of fecal incontinence and pelvic organ pelvic prolapse conditions eg, rectal prolapse.

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pelvic fastener

Some devices have been marketed to women who train their pelvic floor muscles and increase muscle or vaginal muscle tone muscle.

In 2013 there is no evidence that doing pelvic floor exercises with workloads is better than doing a weightless Kegel exercise; there is a greater risk with the load, because foreign objects are inserted into the vagina.

Inserting a foreign object into the vagina increases the risk of infection and can cause vaginosis or toxic shock syndrome. Overuse of such kegel exercises, with or without the device, can cause pelvic pain and pain during sex.

Marketing

During the latter part of the 20th century, a number of medical and pseudo-medical devices were marketed to consumers as increased sex or orgasm, increased "energy", "hormonal balancing", and had other health or lifestyle benefits. There is no evidence for this claim, and many of them are pseudosain.

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See also

• Tao's sexual practices
• Vacuum Exercise
• Vaginal vapor

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References

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External links

• Kegel Exercise: Treating Male Urinary Incontinence

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