Performing Pelvic Floor Exercises - TensCare perfectPFE Instructions For Use Manual

However pelvic floor muscles may
become weak. If your pelvic floor
muscles become
weakened, your pelvic organs may no
longer be fully supported and you may
lose control of your bladder or bowel
movements.
Pelvic floor muscles can be made
weaker by:
• Certain treatments
cancer (surgery,
prostatectomy or
resection of the prostate TURP);
• Constipation;
• Being overweight;
• Heavy lifting;
• Coughing that goes on for a long
time (such as smoker's cough,
bronchitis or asthma); or
• Not being fit.
Common signs that can indicate a
pelvic floor problem include:
• Accidentally leaking urine when you
exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze
• Needing to get to the toilet in a hurry
or not making it there in time
• Constantly needing to go to the toilet
• Finding it difficult to empty the
bladder or bowel
• Accidentally losing control of the
bladder or bowel
• Accidentally passing wind
• Pain in your pelvic area
• Painful sex, or
• A prolapse
In men, this may be felt as a bulge in
the rectum or a feeling of needing to
use the bowel but not actually needing
to go.
Like other muscles in your body, the
pelvic floor can be strengthened with
regular exercise. Building pelvic floor
strength enables the muscles to better
stretched or
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support your pelvic organs, improves
your bladder and bowel control and can
stop accidental urine, faeces or wind
leakage.
Men with stress incontinence – that is,
men having bladder leakage when they
cough, sneeze or are active – will find
pelvic floor muscles training can help in
getting over this problem.
Pelvic floor muscles training may also
be of use for men who have an urgent
need to pass urine more often (called
urge incontinence).
Men who have problems with bowel
control might find that training their
pelvic floor can help the muscle that
closes the back passage. This muscle
is one of the pelvic floor muscles.
It can also reduce your risk of prolapse,
improve your recovery from urology
surgery, and increase your sexual
pleasure. A continence therapist can
help you learn how to exercise your
pelvic floor.
Doing just a few pelvic floor exercises
every day will help to treat bladder
weakness or prolapse symptoms, and
will help to prevent problems later on.
4.2. PERFORMING
FLOOR EXERCISES
It is recommended to make Pelvic Floor
Exercises (sometimes called Kegel
Exercises) part of your daily life.
1) Kegel exercises can be done at any
time and are very discreet so you can
do them almost anywhere; lying in
bed, sitting at the computer or
waiting for a bus. It is a good idea to
try and develop a routine which you
can repeat each day.
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