Kegel's Exercise: Females

Kegel exercise is also known as pelvic-floor exercise .It involves frequently contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the pelvic floor

The aim of these exercises is to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles which have many functions in our body.

The first published description of these exercises was made by The American gynecologist Arnold Kegel in 1948.

In female`s body , they are responsible for:

-holding up the bladder

- preventing urinary stress incontinence (especially after childbirth)

-vaginal and uterine prolapse.

In men`s body, they are responsible for:

-urinary continence

- fecal continence

-ejaculation.