Muscle Fitness Advice

category: Children’s & Women’s Health – Leslie, RN, BSN, MSN, ARNP, MyDocHub, Nutrition & Wellness
by Leslie RN, BSN, MSN, ARNP,

Core conditioning can boost general fitness, improve posture and ease back pain. It may be helpful after pregnancy and childbirth, since these life events put extra strain on core abdominal and pelvic floor muscles.

In addition, research shows that exercising the core can help with the urinary stress incontinence that sometimes comes with menopause. try these two exercises to strengthen your floor and abdominal muscles:

1. Pelvic Floor Muscle Squeeze – Lying on the floor or sitting down, tighten the muscles you would use to hold in urine or the passage of gas. As you hold for a count of three, keep breathing and also avoid tightening the muscles of your stomach, buttocks and legs. Relax for a count of three. Repeat 10 or 15 times, three times every day.
2. Lower Abdominal Muscle Strengthener – in a comfortable standing position, cup your hands around your lower abdomen. Pull upward and inward to draw your abdomen in, under your chest. Hold for about 10 seconds. Relax and repeat five times, at least three times each day.

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