• Strengthen the pelvic floor.

    A chair does the exercises for you

Kegel exercises

can sound boring, repetitive, annoying ... and many may wonder what they are really for.

No woman may find the idea of ​​getting into 'intimate fitness' routines attractive, whose main use is to prevent

urinary incontinence,

especially when she still sees the possibility of having this problem one day as remote.

That is why it is more than curious to see how indifference turns into interest when hearing that they can also contribute to having

more

pleasant

sexual relations

, both for her and for her partner.

The truth is that when the Californian gynecologist

Arnold Kegel

proposed the exercises that bear his name in 1947, he was not thinking about improving

anyone's

sex life

.

His interest was focused on a disorder,

urinary incontinence,

to which no doctor had paid attention until then (overall, it was a "female problem").

Strengthen the pelvic floor and prevent incontinence

The thing is that approximately one in three women

over 50

and 18% of those between 26 and 45 suffer from urinary incontinence, according to data from the Swedish company

Intimina,

dedicated to taking care of aspects of female intimate health.

A problem that although it is not exclusive affects especially due

to the 'wear' of the pelvic floor

caused by both childbirth and the hormonal changes that occur during menopause.

And, also, although it is less known, for the practice of some sports.

What are Kegel exercises?

Basically these exercises consist

of contracting and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles

helping with breathing.

They are very simple and it is enough to dedicate five or 10 minutes a day to them, because the key for them to work is in perseverance.

That is why it is best to do several sessions of five minutes each throughout the day, and

be completely calm

when we get to it, to be fully aware of the movement and do it well;

if not, they will not be useful.

Kegel is still very topical

Kegel's proposal, namely that it could improve this drawback exercising the

muscles

of the

pelvic floor

-the holding all structures of the pelvic cavity:

uterus, bladder, rectum

...- is more valid than ever, and not only as a treatment, but also as a prevention.

In fact, the preparation of these muscles should begin when girls are adolescents and continue throughout life.

This would prevent problems during

pregnancy

,

postpartum

,

menopause

and even in the

elderly.

We must not forget that what we are working on when we practice these exercises are

muscles

and like any muscle, keeping it in shape is easier if we start doing it when we are young.

Drawer.

Two birds with one stone

But Kegel exercises have, over time, brought to light another much more pleasant application: when the woman puts them into practice, it activates the

circulation

of the

vaginal walls,

which makes her

'feel' more.

We often hear that there are no nerve endings in the vagina and therefore no pleasure is felt in it.

That's silly.

And if not, ask women whether or not they notice something when they undergo a gynecological examination ... What happens is that we have gone from ignoring the existence of the clitoris to giving it a unique role.

For

Jen Gunter,

author of the great

'The Vagina Bible'

(Dome Books), Kegel exercises can be used, among other things, to solve difficulties in reaching

orgasm

or in the face of

weak orgasm.

Explains this gynecologist that the pelvic floor muscles, in fact,

involuntarily contract

during orgasm an average of

3 to 15 times.

The more

trained

and

strong you

are, the greater the contraction and the

greater the pleasure.

Activating the vaginal walls is also very useful in menopause, when they suffer from a

lack of lubrication

and 'aging'.

And with Kegels we activate circulation helping to

delay

this

deterioration

.

Let's not forget that menopause appears at ages when women are still sexually active.

More good news: these exercises can also increase

male pleasure;

Obviously, when the woman learns to contract the walls of the vagina she also provides more sexual satisfaction to her partner.

Don't you remember how Kegel exercises were done?

My partner

Marisa del Bosque

recently told about it in this Yo Dona article.

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