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How to use Kegel exercisers?

How to use Kegel exercisers?

Kegel exercisers and exercises will help strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. If you are pregnant, then Kegel exercises can help you prepare your body for child birth. It can also help you prevent your bladder and vaginal prolapse, which often happens after childbirth. You don’t always need a Kegel exerciser to perform the exercise. You can also do them at home with using any kind of device, however, there is nothing wrong with using an exerciser as it will only help you reach your goals of doing these exercises.

If you are new to these devices and new to the whole idea of Kegel exercises and exercisers, then you must know who and when should do these exercises and under what conditions. You may also speak to your doctor or gynecologist for more information on the same.

Here are three steps on how you should use a Kegel exerciser:

First, place the device between your thighs close to the crotch. You may then adjust the exerciser till it is resting under your buttocks. There are two open ends of this Super Kegel exercise, you need to place one end, which is the wider end of the exerciser under your buttocks and the other end, which is the narrow end on the facing the front of your body.

Second, you need to start the practice after you have placed the device right. Press the part of the device that is under your buttocks using your buttock muscles. You need to now focus closely on your muscle movement. You will now need to clench your inner kegel muscle. You clench the kegel muscles the same way you control your urine. When you control your urine by clenching the muscles, those are actually you kegel muscles you are clenching.

Once you clench the muscles, tighten them and hold till you complete your count to 10. The tighter your muscles are, more effective your exercise will be. After the count to 10, you may relax and then repeat the whole procedure after few seconds of relaxing.

There are many devices that claim to strengthen your thigh and hips muscles but they don’t strength the pelvic muscle, which is the main intention of a Kegel exerciser and Kegel exercises. In such cases, you must talk to your doctor and first practice under the supervision of the doctor. It will help you practice the right way.