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Kegel Exercises: Am I doing them correctly?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 2 8:34am | Replies (29)

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Visiting a person who is specifically trained in Pelvic Floor health is best as the person will put hands on your body, in specific private areas, to ensure that you are doing these exercises for maximum benefit!

As you lie on your back, the therapist will put finders between the scrotum and the anus to check for muscle constriction.

The therapist will also instruct you on muscle usage to empty fully the bladder.

You also must learn about your "triggers," that make you want suddenly to void your bladder. My therapist, a DPT, told me that her mother's trigger was putting her key in the door lock - immediately she felt the urge. For me, at home, it's walking into the bathroom. I feel the bladder "releasing" or something like that, and I contract to hold it in. Checking my boxers for a wet spot, I find none, thankfully. I'm not certain of the "physiology" of what I felt, but it sure felt like I was wetting my pants. I will try to remember to ask her next week - she is now working on one arthritic and misaligned knee joint. She is so good, she first worked with me to overcome Rotator Cuff surgery.

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I can say I am glad to hear about triggers but certainly explains I was not losing my mind thinking I had them. Running water causes me to need to urinate. Drinking hot coffee.

Doesn't matter if just went I get a signal to urinate.

I have been doing the kegels per instructions I found on line and the helpful post I have read on MCC. Will talk with PCP next visit to see if need to see PT. Seems to be better with less dripping prior to urnination but seems I don't get all out and some still leaks after I finish.

Again I thought I was the only one with triggers. This MCC is a great tool given to us by MCC as such things like this would never be known to me.