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Over time, most women tend to lose elasticity and tone in various parts of the body, from the abdominal area to the pelvic floor. In the first case, hypopressive gymnastics can help and in the second case Kegel exercises: let’s see below what they are and what they are for.
Kegel exercises: what are they?
Kegel exercises are a form of simple and voluntary contractions useful and necessary to strengthen and tone the muscles of the pelvic floor and the perineal area. As we age and time, after pregnancy and menopause, the pelvic floor walls they tend to lose elasticity and tonebecoming weaker and weaker. But other factors can also affect, such as obesity, constipation, a too sedentary life.
But a poorly toned pelvic floor it can lead to severe damage and various consequences such as urinary incontinence, but also more intimate problems such as the inability to reach orgasm and other disorders of the sexual sphere.
Kegel exercises: what are they for?
To try to solve the problem or at least improve it, you can start performing a series of specific exercises, precisely the Kegel exercises. As we have already said, this type of exercise aims to tone and restore new elasticity to the pelvic floor muscles. But that’s not all: the benefits are manifold. In fact, it benefits the entire urinary and reproductive system, but we must not forget the improvements it brings to the sexual sphere, preventing and treating various ailments.
Specifically, Kegel exercises are used to:
- urinary incontinence
- uterine prolapse
- pre-birth
- post partum
- inability to reach orgasm
- erectile dysfunction
- premature ejaculation
- benign prostatic hyperplasia.
To get long-lasting benefits, it is important to perform these exercises every day, trying to dedicate at least five minutes. But be careful not to make the opposite mistake, that is, to strain the muscles too much.
