Patient was educated on how to perform Kegel exercises as follows:
- Try stopping the urine flow midstream.
- If you succeed in stopping the urine flow midstream, you have located the correct group of muscles.
- These exercises are easy to perform and can be done anytime of the day, even lying down in the bed.
- Contract these muscles for a count a five and then, relax them for a count of five. Perform 10 such contractions as a set at a time.
- Perform 4 sets of these exercises in a day.
- After a week, increase the time of each contraction from a count of five to ten.
- Performing these exercises consistently will improve bladder and bowel control and decrease the frequency of incontinence episodes.