Written By: Kashish Sharma | Updated: January 24, 2023, 11:36 AM
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Kegel exercises are usually performed to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. They are a contract and release exercises that can make your muscles stronger. While more popular among women, they can benefit men as well. Our pelvic muscles can grow weak or stretched as an aftermath of childbirth, surgery for prostate cancer, bladder and bowel problems and other conditions.
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Our pelvic floor is composed of pelvic muscles that support the womb, the bladder and the bowels. For both men and women, finding the right set of pelvic muscles can be tricky while performing the Kegel exercises.
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Women who might be trying to locate their pelvic muscles while doing the Kegel exercises can do these things: pretend to try to avoid passing gas, try to stop urine mid-flow, insert a clean finger into the vagina and contract muscles around it. As you identify the muscles, the idea is to contract them for at least 10 seconds each time.
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Men who might be trying to locate their pelvic muscles while doing Kegel exercises can do these things: men can also try to stop urine mid-flow or they can insert a finger into the rectum and try squeezing it without contracting muscles of other parts like buttocks and thighs. Once you have identified the muscles, the idea is to contract and release them.
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Kegel exercises can be beneficial in treating conditions like urinary incontinence and other pelvic muscle problems. However, they aren’t made for all. It is also important to identify the correct muscles. These exercises must not be done very regularly as they might damage the bladder and might lead to problems like an impartially empty bladder and urinary tract infections (UTIs).
