The pelvic floor muscles are the muscles which hold the bladder, womb and bowels together and help to control the muscles which hold the anus, urethra and vagina. When the pelvic muscles are weakened, the control of these mucles is reduced and the result is incontinence ( the inability to control one's bowels) and decreased sexual satisfaction.Loss of pelvic muscle tone is usually caused by child birth, weight gain, aging and over exercising. A weakened pelvic floor muscle is characterised by urinary incontinence including stress incontinence and urge incontinence, genital prolapse, sexual difficulties including painful intercourse and inability to experience orgasm, poor muscle action during labour and delivery, and an uncomfortable condition in which the bladder, rectum, or uterus moves down into the vagina.

Exercising the pelvic floor muscles has been tagged as the best way to protect and treat these ailments. Pelvic floor muscle exercises help strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and improve blood circulation to the pelvic region. It helps strengthen the muscles around the rectal opening and urethra to help prevent incontinence. Exercising the pelvic floor muscles will also help improve all the muscles supporting the organs at risk of a genital prolapse.