Question

The exercise that helps to maintain the tone of pelvic floor muscles is called
1. Breathing exercise
2. Kegel exercise
3. Pelvic exercise
4. Abdominal exercise

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Kegel exercise

Explanation:

Kegel exercise

• Bladder control depends on muscles working together when the bladder is filling with urine.
• The bladder muscle should be relaxed and the muscles around the urethra (the tube that urine passes through), called the pelvic floor muscles, should be tight.
• Exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor muscles can help hold urine inside the bladder, preventing leakage. These pelvic floor muscle exercises are commonly called "Kegel" exercises, named after the doctor who developed them.​

Kegel exercises benefit in case of:

• Leak a few drops of urine while sneezing, laughing or coughing (stress incontinence).
• Have a strong, sudden urge to urinate just before losing a large amount of urine (urinary urge incontinence).
• Leak stool (faecal incontinence).
• Kegel exercises can also be done during pregnancy or after childbirth to try to improve your symptoms.
• Kegel exercises are less helpful for women who have severe urine leakage when they sneeze, cough or laugh. Also, Kegel exercises aren't helpful for women who unexpectedly leak small amounts of urine due to a full bladder (overflow incontinence).