Pelvic floor exercises - Learn more
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Pelvic floor exercises are muscle-contracting movements that strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. In females pelvic floor muscles support the uterus. They also support and control bladder and bowel function in men and women. Pelvic floor exercises help improve urinary and bowel incontinence.
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