Why Perform Pelvic Floor Exercises?
When the pelvic floor muscles weaken, your pelvic organs descend into the vagina. This prolapse can cause the leakage of urine or feces when coughing, sneezing or even laughing. Vaginal toners are also recommended during pregnancy to tone and strengthen the vaginal pelvic floor, making urine leakage less likely. These exercises may also be helpful to women who have problems reaching orgasm. In scientific trials for treatment of stress urinary incontinence, various treatments were carried out including pelvic floor exercises, electrical stimulation, vaginal cones and no treatment at all. The women who did pelvic floor exercises showed the most improvement. How to correctly perform Pelvic Floor Exercise The pelvic floor muscles are those which support the uterus, bladder and bowel. To make sure you have identified your pelvic floor muscles, try this test. When you go to the bathroom, try to stop the flow of urine. If you succeed in slowing or halting the flow, you know you are tightening
