pelvic floor muscle exercises can help both men and women with stress or urge urinary incontinence urinary urgency and frequency. . so let’s start by learning to find the muscle. everyone at one time or another has been in a crowded room and felt as if he or she were going to pass gas or “wind. ” most will try to squeeze the muscles of the anus to prevent the passing of gas. if you do this – you are squeezing the back part of the pelvic floor muscles the part that supports your rectal sphincter. another example is to imagine you have an egg in your rectum and you are trying to break it. in both cases the muscles being squeezed are the pelvic floor muscle. so if you feel a “pulling” sensation at the anus you are squeezing the correct muscles. figure out how to fit the exercises also called kegel exercises into your daily routine and you are there. it may take 4-6 weeks of doing the exercises before you notice a change so be patient. a regular kegel exercise routine may also help improve sexual response in men and women and may prevent other problems like stool incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse (dropped bladder or uterus) from occurring at all.
what is the correct way to do pelvic exercises?