NCLEX Practice Quiz: Expected Outcomes of Kegel Exercises
Kegel exercises can help women in a number of ways, including:
Improve bladder control
Reduce urinary urgency
Prevent pelvic organ prolapse
Improve sexual function
To find your pelvic floor muscles, try to stop the flow of urine midstream. If you can feel a tightening in your pelvic area, you’re doing it correctly.
Once you’ve found your pelvic floor muscles, you can start doing Kegels. To do a Kegel, simply tighten your pelvic floor muscles for a few seconds, then relax. Repeat this 10-20 times, several times a day.
It’s important to focus on tightening only your pelvic floor muscles. Don’t tighten your abdominal, thigh, or buttock muscles.
Kegel exercises can help to:
Improve bladder control
Reduce urinary incontinence
Strengthen the pelvic floor muscles
Improve sexual function
Alleviate pain during sex
Speed up recovery after childbirth
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