Women notoriously have a harder time sexually climaxing. Also, after women give birth to a child, they say they feel as though they’ve lost their sex drive, and also that their vagina is not as “tight” and as capable of achieving orgasms. Kegel exercises, named after a now infamous doctor, can help women in both of these departments, as well as an added benefit to strengthening the urinary tract and preventing incontinence, often induced in women as they age.

In the 1940’s, Dr. Arnold Kegel, a gynecologist, recommended these exercises for his patients to avoid stress incontinence after childbirth. Thus, the name, Kegel exercises persists today.

It is not just after childbirth, but lifelong, that women often have problems with stress incontinence.

There are other reasons for doing Kegel exercises as they increase circulation to your vaginal and rectal areas. For women who are pregnant, Kegel exercises can speed healing from an episiotomy done during childbirth. Also, Kegel exercises can reduce the chance of developing hemorrhoids from childbirth.

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