When you're having trouble

If you're having trouble doing Kegel exercises, ask your healthcare professional for help. Your healthcare professional can show you how to strengthen the correct muscles. So can a physical therapist who has experience teaching pelvic floor exercises.

Your healthcare professional may suggest other techniques to try along with Kegels. One technique is called biofeedback. A small pressure sensor placed in the rectum measures pelvic floor activity as you relax and squeeze your pelvic floor muscles.

Another technique that may help is called electrical stimulation. A device releases a mild electric current that causes you to squeeze your pelvic muscles as you would during Kegels.