Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

The Muscle That Holds Your Erection #kegels #pelvicfloor #menshealth

27 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip by Anne Truong MD explaining that the pelvic floor muscle (which wraps around the base of the penis) helps maintain erections by trapping blood. The speaker notes this muscle is the same one used to start/stop the urine stream and that it contracts during orgasm. The recommended treatment is Kegel exercises: hold the pelvic muscles for 5 seconds, release for 5 seconds, about 20 repetitions, performed 2–3 times per day.

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5 seconds

About 20 times

About 2–3 times a day

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Your is held in place by the pelvic muscle which that that go wrap around the base of your penis and is keep the blood in there. So the fix is doing Kegel, which are exercises where you strengthen the muscle. The pelvic muscle muscles are the same muscle that start and stop your urine stream. Those muscle the same muscle that actually contract when you have an or. So how do you want to exercise this is that you want to hold those muscles for five seconds and release for five and you want to do it about 20 times, about two to three times a day.