Who’s At Risk For Weak Pelvic Floor Muscles?
All men and women are at risk for developing weak pelvic floor muscles.
For this reason, everyone should try to perform regular kegel exercises.
However, some women may be at an increased risk for weak pelvic muscles.
Risk factors include:
- pregnancy
- vaginal labor
- obesity
- chronic coughing
- pelvic surgery
- menopause
Complications of Weak Pelvic Floor Muscles
After childbirth, menopause, or surgery, many women suffer from weak pelvic
floor muscles. Weakness in these muscles is associated with a number of
complications including:
- urinary incontinence
- reduced vaginal sensation
- uterine prolapse
What are the Benefits of Kegels?
Though people often say "no pain, no gain," Kegel exercises
offer maximum benefits yet require minimum effort. The benefits of doing
kegels during pregnancy are seemingly endless. They can help to:
- make pushing easier during labor
- tone stretched out vaginal muscles
- heal episiotomy wounds
- relieve postpartum incontinence
However, benefits of kegels aren’t just limited to pregnancy. Regularly practicing kegel exercises can also help to:
- improve your orgasms
- minimize the chances of developing hemorrhoids
- help you avoid incontinence later in life
- Men who practice kegels will also likely find they have better erections
as kegels encourages increased blood flow to the genitals.
The muscle that supports the vagina, the pubococcygeal (PC) muscle, may become more lax with age as well as with childbirth. You can strengthen your PC muscle with Kegel exercises. But you must do at least 100 contractions each day, and it may take up to three months before you see a change. To learn how to perform Kegels, sit on the toilet, legs spread. Begin to urinate, then squeeze your pelvic-floor muscle to stop the flow of urine. You have now identified the PC muscle and can squeeze and release it anytime. Add vaginal weights, to your routine to speed up your progress.
When using vaginal weights to assit you in doing your kegel's, most have found results much faster and stronger muscle tone in less time.
You should incorporate this exercise with your vaginal weights into your daily schedule.
Lady Care uses two new concepts.
Facilitation - The roughened flat bottom makes it easier
to 'catch' the vaginal
weights if it is sliding out. Also, the weights have non-slippery
'shoulders' which facilitate a muscle contraction when touching the pelvic
floor muscles.
Self-positioning - The weight is placed at the bottom of the cylinders, whereby gravity prevents it from falling over and dislocating. The cylinder will position itself in the lower portion of the vagina, where it has the best effect.
Green
(20g)
Will help you find the muscle: Awareness
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Yellow (30g)
Builds up and maintains a short muscle contraction.
Red
(40g)
Builds up and maintains a longer muscle contraction.
Black
(60g)
Maintains a muscle contraction of 6 - 8 seconds.
Lady Care Vaginal Weights Features:
• Vaginal Weights
come in 4 sizes: 20g, 30g, 40g, 60g.
• Self-positioning weights for maximum effect
• Each weight has a looped string for easy removal
• Safe, easy and effective
• Includes four vaginal
weights, instruction manual, carrying bag
