Patient was educated on Kegel exercises as follows:
- Pelvic floor muscles and sphincter muscles of urethra control the act of urination. These are muscles under voluntary control.
- Upon contraction, these muscles help with preventing leakage of urine. Relaxation of these muscles help initiating urination.
- Incontinence of bladder and bowel can occur, when these muscle groups are damaged, especially in senior citizens with poor muscle tone, women after childbirth, women after hysterectomy, and men with surgery on prostate.
- Kegel exercises are exercises performed to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor.
- These exercises help to improve the tone of pelvic floor muscles and control bladder and bowel incontinence.
