Editing Kegel exercise (section)

=== Women ===
Factors such as [[pregnancy]], [[childbirth]], aging, and being [[overweight]] often weaken the pelvic muscles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/pelvic-floor|title=Pelvic floor|last=Services|first=Department of Health & Human|access-date=2018-02-21|archive-date=2018-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043950/https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/pelvic-floor|url-status=live}}</ref> This can be assessed by either digital examination of vaginal pressure or using a Kegel [[perineometer]]. Kegel exercises are useful in regaining pelvic floor muscle strength in such cases.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mentor |first=Physio |date=2022-10-15 |title=Kegel Exercises – Pelvic Floor Muscles Strengthening |url=https://www.physiomentor.co/kegel-exercises/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Physiomentor |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015114643/https://www.physiomentor.co/kegel-exercises/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The symptoms of [[Prolapse#Pelvic floor prolapse|prolapse]] and its severity can be decreased with pelvic floor exercises.<ref name="pmid22161382">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hagen S, Stark D |title=Conservative prevention and management of pelvic organ prolapse in women |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume=12 |issue= 12|pages=CD003882 |year=2011 |pmid=22161382 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD003882.pub4}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/urologic-diseases/bladder-control-problems-women/cystocele-prolapsed-bladder|title=Cystocele (Prolapsed Bladder) {{!}} NIDDK|work=National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases|access-date=2017-12-02|archive-date=2017-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190143/https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/urologic-diseases/bladder-control-problems-women/cystocele-prolapsed-bladder|url-status=live}}</ref> Effectiveness can be improved with feedback on how to do the exercises.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herderschee |first1=R |last2=Hay-Smith |first2=EJ |author-link2=Jean Hay-Smith |last3=Herbison |first3=GP |last4=Roovers |first4=JP |last5=Heineman |first5=MJ |date=6 July 2011 |title=Feedback or biofeedback to augment pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women. |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |issue=7 |pages=CD009252 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD009252 |pmid=21735442}}</ref>