Kegeling after reaching continence.

Mag, the experts at the National Assoc. for Continence say that pelvic floor exercises must become a life long habit.  They say: "After age 40, men and women begin losing muscle at the rate of about half a pound per year, replacing it with fat.   The rate of loss doubles for women after menopause. Unless an effort is made to prevent this loss of lean body mass through exercise, gradual declines take place in muscular strength and endurance throughout the body, including the internal muscles."  Here is a link to one of their articles:    http://www.nafc.org/uploads/pdf/Pelvic_floor.pdf .   I started Kegels several years before surgery (thought it might help with ED) and have never stopped.   I have good bladder control and would like to keep it if I can.  Apparently the Mens Depends don't depend on prostate surgery patients for their sales.  Unfortunately Worried Guy's (Jeff) recent return to continence has not had an impact on their sales.   Carlos

I did kegels a bit, regained 100% continence by 6 weeks post-op, and stopped doing them.

So far, so good.

Mel

At one of my support group meetings a Physical Therapy RN explained that Kegels should be done forever, perhaps backing down the pace a little, but stopping altogether was not a good idea.

I’m reminded of a time 27 years ago when my wife and I were taking a Lamaze class.  The instructor was explaining to the women how to do Kegels.  Then she said to the Dads-to-be, “you should learn these too; you’ll thank me one day.” 

 

Little did I know …