Kegel Exercise help people suffering with pelvic floor muscles problem. It is beneficial both for men and women. The common benefit for both men and women is that it helps the muscles that control the Human Bladder ensuring that it does not leak. And the ability to hold Urine in the body for much longer. In women, the Kegel Exercise helps women in Childbirth and advanced stages of pregnancy. In men, it helps to reduce erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.
Kegel Exercise is also used to strengthen the Pelvic floor muscles after certain surgical procedures like Prostate removal and Cesarean Section both in Men and Women respectively. Let us see how the process of Kegel Exercise is exactly done.
Identifying the Pelvic Floor Muscles
The best way to find out which are your Pelvic Floor Muscles is trying to stop urinating midway without the help of your hands. The same can be done if you are trying to pass gas and you restrict the gas from passing. The Muscles that restrict you from performing the actions of urination. And passing Gas are the muscles known as Pelvic Floor Muscles.
The Process of Kegel Exercise
Kegel Exercise is nothing but tightening and relaxing of your Pelvic Floor Muscles. You would ideally start by tightening the muscles and holding it for about 3 seconds and then relaxing them again. It can be tried a few times in a row to begin with. Kegel Exercise can be done in any position Lying down, sitting, standing or even while walking. But to start with, do it in the lying down position and then move on to do it in other positions.
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It is important that when you do Kegel Exercise that you do not tighten your muscles in the abdomen Thighs or buttocks. Also, you must not hold your Breath while doing Kegel Exercise. Breathing should be normal like it is when you are in a relaxed state. You need to do it a minimum of 3 times a day a Set of 3 should be ideal. Results of Kegel exercise start to show within three months.
