Should You Stop Doing Kegels? Read on for the answer. In my last post, “Why You Should Be Doing Kegels NOW”, I went over the specific diagnoses that tend to benefit most from doing pelvic floor muscle exercises. However, not all issues related to the pelvic floor are appropriate to prescribe pelvic floor muscle exercises for. […]
Wondering why you should be doing Kegels? In my early days of being a pelvic floor PT, I was convinced I had the answer to all the woes of the pelvic floor. One word – Kegels. As I’ve developed professionally, I certainly realized Kegels have their place. However, they do not have their place with […]
What are Kegels? Kegels are a contraction of the pelvic floor muscles, sometimes referred to as “PC Contraction”. PC is short for “pubococcygeus”, the name of one of the many pelvic floor muscles. However, after over a decade of practice, I have found that simply telling a patient to “Do Kegels” is usually not enough. […]
