Why do we need to do pelvic floor exercises?

Much like your arm, leg or abdominal muscles, the pelvic floor muscles can be trained and strengthened with a regular exercise programme.

Strengthening your pelvic floor muscles can help you:

• improve bladder and bowel control
• reduce the likelihood of accidentally leaking
• reduce the risk of prolapse
  • in women, this may be felt as a bulge in the vagina or a feeling of heaviness, discomfort, pulling, dragging or dropping
  • in men, this may be felt as a bulge in the rectum or a feeling of needing to use their bowels but not actually needing to go
• improve recovery from childbirth and gynaecological surgery (in women)
• improve recovery after prostate surgery (in men)
• increase sexual sensation and orgasmic potential, and
• increase social confidence and quality of life.