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Pelvic floor seems like the wrong muscle to be exercising

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 20 3:59pm | Replies (14)
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@sbassmeister

I went to a PT who specializes in working with men after prostate surgery. I was not doing Kegels correctly at all. Once she taught me how to do them correctly, it made a huge difference. I can’t explain what to do but I highly recommend finding an expert to help you.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | Jan 15 7:18am

These pelvic floor exercises seem to work for some but not others. I too was doing Kegels improperly - clenching my anal sphincter instead of bladder.
However, none of the exercises I found online helped nearly as much as the best Kegel of all: stopping your urine flow, and then restarting at say, 7-10 second intervals. You CANNOT do this wrong as there is only one way to do it - the way you’ve done it all your life.
It helps to have a full or nearly full bladder (if you can) so you can have 3 or 4 urine stoppages. It worked for me.

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