dreamingkat answered Thursday February 10 2005, 8:48 pm: Basically, Kegals are the most common way to work a set of muscles in a woman's pelvic area. Most of the time people discuss doing it in order to tone the muscles of and around the vagina (to "tighten" the vagina for increased stimulation during intercourse or for specific sexual methods like those taught in the Kama Sutra). Older women may also do Kegals because their muscles have gotten so weak they can no longer hold in their urine.
because the previous poster was incorrect when explaining how they are done, and I'm not sure I can do a good job explaining it, this site has information on how to do them (and pictures of the muscles involved): [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
In case you want to try them, I've been told that the third method of "finding the right muscles" is the easiest, and that the "stopping the flow of urine" method doesn't always find the right ones. [ dreamingkat's advice column | Ask dreamingkat A Question ]
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