Though your body is not a house, it does have a floora pelvic floor that is.
Experts explain why you shouldn’t stop your pee midstream.
You may have stumbled on Kegel advice through platforms likethis TikTok.
Or maybe youve googled Kegel exercises because youre dealing with bladder leakage.
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Kegel exercises involve clenching your pelvic floor muscles and relaxing them repeatedly, but locating them can be challenging.
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To find them, you mightve tried squeezing the muscles around your anus and vagina and lifting them.
For folks that are unsure of the location and sensation of their pelvic floor clenching, theU.S.
National Library of Medicinedoes recommend that you try Kegeling while you peeonce.However, regularly doing Kegels while peeing?
When we void (pee), our bladder contracts, and our pelvic floor muscles reflexively relax.
This is the opposite of what they need to do when you are trying to pee.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
Stopping your flow is confusing for your body because of your brain-to-bladder connection, Dr. Jeffcoat says.
She explains that its important to rid your bladder of all the urine it has.
Caring about the efficacy and strength of your body is certainly not a mistake.
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