How to do the Pelvic Floor Strengthening Exercises?
First of all, the correct muscles should be exercised. You may be referred to a physiotherapist or a continence advisor by your doctor to get advice on how to do the exercises. Here is how you do the pelvic floor exercises: • Start by sitting in a chair keeping your knees a little apart. Then squeeze the muscle that is just on top of the anus entrance. When you squeeze it you will feel a certain amount of movement in it. Try not to move your legs or buttocks. • Next, try imagining as if you are passing urine and attempting to halt the flow. In this exercise you will be using a slightly different part of the muscles of the pelvic floor as compared to the previous exercise. In this, you will be strengthening the muscles that are towards the front. These exercises must be done every day. After a few weeks, you will find the pelvic floor muscles becoming stronger. Although it will take about 8-20 weeks for most of the improvement to take place, after which time you could find yourself cure