Exercises to strengthen the muscles that hold urine in the bladder.
Isometric pelvic exercises used by women to strengthen pelvic muscles and/or to improve retention of urine.
Repeated contractions of the pubococcygeal muscles designed to strengthen them.
Exercises which strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor in women and help to prevent any accidental leakage of urine when they cough, sneeze or lift things.
Regimen of exercises for women designed to improve the ability to retain urine and to increase the muscular contractility of the vagina; sometimes advised to help overcome weakness of the pubococcygeus muscles that may occur after childbirth. The exercises involve the squeezing, pulling-up action required to stop the stream of urine when voiding. Also called pubococcygeus exercises.
Exercises done by women to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles that control urine flow and support the bladder, uterus, vagina, and rectum. Kegel exercises (also called pelvic floor exercises) involve repeated tensing, holding, and releasing of the muscles. If done correctly and regularly, Kegel exercises may help a woman have a more comfortable childbirth, overcome urinary incontinence (lack of bladder control;), and increase sexual satisfaction. Kegel exercises can be done anywhere.
An exercise for strengthening the pubococcygeal and levator ani muscles. The patient should repeatedly and rapidly alternate contracting and relaxing the muscles for 10 seconds; relax for 20 seconds, then sustain the contraction for 10 to 20 seconds; the patient should then rest for 10 seconds and repeat the routine until fatigued. The number of repetitions should be increased gradually to 150 per day.
Kegel exercises strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and may prevent or cure stress incontinence. They are done by contracting the perineal muscles, which surround the bladder and vagina. The exercises are named after the physician who invented them.
Exercises designed to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor in order to prevent urinary incontinence, strengthen orgasmic response, and prepare for and recover from childbirth. They are also known as pelvic floor exercises.