Why it is Good to Practise Pelvic Floor Exercises…Even For Men
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by: Sarah Maple
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Pelvic floor exercises or Kegel exercises are most commonly associated with women who have recently given birth, but for women who have not even considered childbirth yet the rewards of having a stronger pelvic floor can be felt in many aspects of their lives. Even men can benefit form the practice too, in fact it was a man who invented them in the first place. However, contrary to popular belief it was not Dr Arnold Kegel who first came up with the idea (that was Dr Joshua Davies) but he did invent the Kegel Perineometer, a device to measure the strength and duration of a woman’s pelvic muscle.
So how can pelvic floor exercises help men? Perhaps the most logical benefit gained by having a stronger pelvic floor is that it can enhance your sex life. For instance, men who once experienced problems with premature ejaculation have experienced far greater control within a month by practising a number of contractions a day, stopping the flow whilst urinating, which you increase gradually as you improve.
If patience is exercised and Kegel exercises are continued for a couple of months, they may not only put an end to premature ejaculation but they can also reduce the risk of incontinence. There is also evidence of achieving multiple orgasms after practising pelvic floor exercises too.
So aside from incontinence after childbirth, why are pelvic floor exercises important for women? Similarly to advantages witnessed by men, pelvic floor exercises can also have a positive effect on the sex life of women. Not only do the pelvic muscles become stronger, leading to better satisfaction for both during intercourse, stronger muscles have more feeling generally due to the fact that there are more nerves in exercised muscles and quicker and bigger orgasms have been reported by many women.
Pelvic floor exercises practised before labour have also been known to make childbirth easier for women. Vitally, it has also proved important for mothers to start to regain the pelvic strength they had pre-birth. It seems that the path back to a healthy sex life after childbirth is easier if a stronger pelvic floor has been maintained beforehand and it has also been proven to lessen the likelihood of developing stress or urge related incontinence.
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