Tag: Pelvic Floor

When your sexual energy is blocked, your sex life will not be as fulfilling as you want it to be. It can also affect your mental and physical health. In order to unleash your sexual energy, you need to reduce your stress levels by exercising, meditating, or by practicing yoga. You should also get proper sleep at night, wear the right kind of underwear, and have sex more often.

Bleeding after sex can be really unnerving when it’s not during your period. In menopausal women, bleeding can occur because of dry vaginal walls...

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When you think of a woman giving birth, you imagine her lying on her back and pushing her baby out with great difficulty. Out of...

It is a given fact that most of us face lower back pains at some point in our life. While it is better to...

Many women feel an intense lower-back pain during contractions while giving birth. Sometimes, the pain is there even in between contractions. This is because...

What is pelvic rest? Pelvic rest is a term used in obstetrics to indicate that a pregnant woman has been told to avoid sexual activity...

Once your precious bundle is born, the toughest part of your pregnancy journey may indeed be over, but the process of childbirth continues for...

Pelvic floor muscle training hastens the recovery of urinary control and erectile function. To avoid potential side effects of radical prostatectomy, commit to a program of Kegel pelvic floor exercises both before and after the prostate surgery. Pelvic floor muscle training program must be designed around muscle education, biofeedback, progressive intensity and resistance.

Pelvic floor muscles weaken due to age, childbirth, pregnancy, heavy lifting and obesity. Lie down or sit comfortably with knees faced slightly apart. Squeeze back muscles inward as if trying to stop from passing wind. Do the same in the front as if trying to stop from urinating. Hold squeeze for 1 or 10 secs, breathing normally. Release and repeat 5-10 times at one go.

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction is characterized by urinary and fecal incontinence, sexual dysfunction or pelvic organ prolapse. Treatments include pelvic floor-muscle training, biofeedback, electrogalvanic stimulation, behavioral modification and constipation management. Yoga poses like cow pose and locust pose also work great to strengthen pelvic floor muscles.

Do kegel exercises on a regular basis as the stronger the pelvic muscles, the better the chance of controlling your ejaculation. Strengthen your pelvic muscles and bring them under your control. During intercourse, being able to contract your pelvic muscles 10 times will help you reign in the urge to ejaculate sooner than you want.

Kegel exercises are designed to strengthen the pelvic muscles. One needs to ascertain whether his pelvic floor is really weak. Signs of a weak pelvic floor include poor sex drive, pelvic pain and bowel disorders. Determining which quadrant of your pelvic floor will help lock in on the right type of kegel or anti kegel exercise for you.

Heel Press: Lay on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor in one line with the hips, knees, and ankles. Now press your heel to the floor and concentrate on the strength of the contraction at the buttocks. If you feel the calves working too much, lift the toes up and press only the heels to the floor. This will help restore strength to your gluteal muscles.

Ovarian cancer is hard to diagnose. But abdominal swelling, regular constipation, pelvic pain, lower back pain, frequent and uncontrollable urination, loss of appetite, pain during or post sex and fatigue can be considered early signs. These symptoms may mean other ailments as well, so check with your doctor if any of the signs persist for over 2 weeks.