Kegels: The Truth About Pelvic Floor Myths

I know. I always kind of joke and say that Kegels are like my frenemy, you know, I like yes. Yeah. I think the old way was any time somebody would mention that they have any sort of problem down there after having a baby, it was like, oh, just do Kegels. The doctors would say, you know, and, you know, do, you know, like 10 sets of 10 and hold for, you know, 20 seconds and do them when you're sitting at a red light and when you're at the elevator, you know, just do them all, all the time. And lo and behold, that didn't work. Like people. Shocker. People still had symptoms, and a key goal is a shortening contraction of your pelvic floor muscles. Just like you would do a bicep curl, right? It's just happens to be in your pelvic floor. When you squeeze those muscles correctly, they squeeze in towards your vagina and up towards your head. So they're like lifting up. They are important 100%. They are important. However, they are not the end all say all for every single dysfunction for every single person at every single stage of their life. And I think that's where people get really confused.