How to do pelvic floor exercises<\/p>\n
The key to doing pelvic floor exercises effectively is to engage the proper muscles. If you\u2019re experiencing pelvic pain, sexual discomfort, or incontinence, experts recommend going to a pelvic floor specialist for an evaluation and to figure out which exercises to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not all just Kegels\u2014there are specific muscles that can be targeted and specific techniques,\u201d says Sebesta, like contracting and relaxing certain muscles. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot more nuanced than one might think.\u201d<\/p>\n
It also requires patience and commitment. \u201cIt takes three to six months of consistent training to see the full benefits,\u201d says Sebesta, \u201cand just like any other exercise program, you have to continue to do it or the progress will eventually reverse.\u201d<\/p>\n
For people who don\u2019t have bothersome symptoms but want to take preventive steps to strengthen their pelvic floor, Kegels may be the way to go. To do Kegels correctly, try to squeeze and tighten the muscles that control the flow of urine. (To identify the right muscles, stop your flow of urine midstream without using any other muscles\u2014but don\u2019t make this type of interruption a habit, since you\u2019ll risk causing bladder problems, Sebesta recommends.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How to do pelvic floor exercises The key to doing pelvic floor exercises effectively is to engage the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[64,63,5623,22029,538,9550,137],"class_list":["post-726361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-evergreen","tag-exercise-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-freelance","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}