Correct way to do anal contraction exercise for pregnant women

Since excessive vaginal expansion after delivery can easily lead to vaginal relaxation and pelvic floor muscle relaxation, mothers generally need to do some simple anal contraction exercises to help improve vaginal relaxation and exercise the pelvic floor muscles. This can improve the quality of sex life and improve some diseases such as hemorrhoids. So what is the correct way to do anal contraction exercises for mothers? I will give you a detailed introduction below.

1. Lie flat on your back with your knees bent.

2. Contract the buttocks muscles and lift the anus upward.

3. Tightly close the urethra, vagina and anus (they are supported by the pelvic floor muscles at the same time). This feeling is like the urge to urinate, but you cannot go to the toilet and need to hold your urine.

4. Keep the pelvic floor muscles contracted for five seconds, then slowly relax. After five to ten seconds, repeat the contraction. Breathe normally during the exercise and keep the rest of your body relaxed. Touch your abdomen with your hand. If your abdomen feels tight, it means the exercise is wrong.

5. Kegel exercises require gradual practice and require our perseverance. The purpose of Kegel exercises is to exercise and strengthen the muscles that support the bladder and large intestine, and to stretch and contract them to prevent anal incontinence. Correct and regular exercise can prevent and treat anorectal diseases and stop urinary incontinence. This exercise is also helpful in promoting sex life.

Hip flexion and anal lifting exercises are more effective, and the method is:

Lie on your back in bed, cross your legs, lift them up and flex your hips (keep your thighs as close to your abdomen as possible), and do this 20-30 times in a row. Exhale while flexing your hips and relax your anus, once in the morning and once in the evening.

It is like massaging the prostate, which can promote venous blood return in the perineum, reduce prostate congestion and inflammation.

Kegel exercises are a good way to prevent and treat anal diseases, and to promote the recovery of wounds and anal function in patients after anal surgery. During Kegel exercises, the indirect contraction of the muscles acts as a "pump", improving pelvic blood circulation, relieving the anal sphincter, and enhancing its contraction ability. Patients with anal fissures mainly suffer from severe pain caused by anal sphincter spasms, which makes the fissure difficult to heal. On the contrary, if the anal sphincter is too relaxed and the support for hemorrhoids and rectal mucosa is insufficient, it will cause hemorrhoid prolapse and rectal prolapse. For people who have undergone anal disease surgery, the anal sphincter muscles are often damaged to varying degrees. At this time, effective anal function exercises can improve local blood circulation, reduce congestion and dilation of hemorrhoidal veins, enhance local disease resistance of the anorectum, promote wound healing, and avoid and reduce the recurrence of anal diseases.

Exercise Method

Anal exercises include anal and perineal activities and anal lifting in conjunction with trunk and limb activities. The specific methods are described as follows:

1. Sphincter contraction method: Sit down and consciously contract the urethra, vagina, and rectal sphincters, and then relax. Repeat this 50-100 times, 2 to 3 times a day.

2. Urination-stopping method: During urination, consciously contract the perineum to stop urination, then relax the perineum muscles and continue urinating. Repeat this process until the urine is empty, 2-3 times a day.

3. Training method in bed: Lie on your back on the bed, use your head and heels as fulcrums, raise your hips, contract your perineum muscles at the same time, then lower your hips and relax your perineum muscles. Repeat this 20 times, once in the morning and once in the evening. This exercise can strengthen the waist, abdomen, buttocks, legs and pelvic muscles, and improve the function of the muscles in these areas and the perineal sphincter.

4. Relax your breathing: Lie on your back, relax your whole body as much as possible, overlap your hands on your lower abdomen, and do deep abdominal breathing. When you inhale, your abdomen will bulge, and when you exhale, your abdomen will sink. Repeat this 10-20 times, 2 to 3 times a day.

5. Clamp your legs and lift your anus: Lie on your back, cross your legs, squeeze your buttocks and thighs tightly, and gradually lift your anus. Hold for about 5 seconds, then return to the original position. You can gradually extend the time of lifting your anus. Repeat 10-20 times, 2-3 times a day.

6. Combine deep breathing with belly lifting.

7. Supine leg curling and push-up: Lie on your back with your knees bent. Put your heels as close to your buttocks as possible, place your arms flat on your sides, use the soles of your feet and shoulders as fulcrums, lift your pelvis, and contract your anus at the same time. Continue for about 5 seconds, then return to the original position. Repeat 5-10 times, 2-3 times a day.

8. Sit and stand anal lift: First sit on the edge of the bed, cross your legs, then put your hands on your hips and stand up, while contracting and lifting your anus, hold for 5 seconds, then relax and sit down. Repeat 10-15 times, 2-3 times a day.

9. Sit on your toes and tighten your anus: Stand with your hands on your hips, cross your legs, sit on your toes, and lift your anus. Hold for 5 seconds and then return to the original position. Repeat 10-15 times, 2-3 times a day.

In addition, general whole-body exercise and local anal physical therapy can also enhance the function of the anal sphincter. Whole-body exercises such as running or swimming speed up your breathing. The anus rises when you inhale and falls when you exhale. The rise and fall will inevitably lead to the movement of the anal muscles. Some physical therapies, such as cold or hot water sitz baths, can stimulate the anorectal muscles to contract through cold or hot stimulation, thus achieving the purpose of anal movement. If you also massage the Changqiang point around the anus and below the coccyx while taking a sitz bath, you can further strengthen the movement of the anal sphincter.

effect

Anal lifting exercises can improve local blood circulation, improve the function of the anal sphincter, prevent anal relaxation, and are very effective in preventing and treating hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse. Method (sitting, lying or standing):

When inhaling, pull the anus inward and upward, tighten the anus, and relax when exhaling. Relax and tighten the anus 30 times each time, once in the morning and once in the evening. The effect will be better if you can take the chest-knee position (kneeling on both knees, chest against the bed, and hips raised) and do anal lifting exercises.