How to do Kegel exercises

Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

How to do Kegels Kegel exercises involve contracting the pelvic floor up and in toward the small of the back, holding for several seconds and releasing. Carolyn Sampselle, a professor of nursing and incontinence researcher at the University of Michigan, said that a good routine for women who want to prevent incontinence is five a day, several times a week. Women who have incontinence symptoms should do 30 a day.

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