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  • noun A contraction of the pubococcygeal muscles, performed for the purpose of strengthening them.

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Examples

  • This is known as a Kegel exercise: tightening the whole pelvic floor so that these vaginal muscles come together and lift.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • This is known as a Kegel exercise: tightening the whole pelvic floor so that these vaginal muscles come together and lift.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • Pelvic floor exercises are sometimes called Kegel exercises after Dr. Arnold Kegel, who popularized them in the early 1950s, strengthening exercises, or elevators.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Pelvic floor exercises are sometimes called Kegel exercises after Dr. Arnold Kegel, who popularized them in the early 1950s, strengthening exercises, or elevators.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Pelvic floor exercises are sometimes called Kegel exercises after Dr. Arnold Kegel, who popularized them in the early 1950s, strengthening exercises, or elevators.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • They are called Kegel exercises, after Dr. Arnold Kegel.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • These exercises are now epononymously known as Kegel exercises, or just "Kegels."

    What is it with Food and the Pelvic Floor? 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • It was a night out with a good friend - good drinks, an even better dinner, the excellent company of my friend and all the $$$ we spent went to supporting a locally family-owned establishment bar/restaurant called Kegel's that is time-worn around the edges but still serves dinner on crisp white tableclothes and wine is under $5 a glass.

    Friday Night Miscellany Jan 2009

  • These exercises are now epononymously known as Kegel exercises, or just "Kegels."

    Archive 2009-07-01 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • Pelvic exercises called Kegel exercises are also beneficial to the expectant mother, helping to strengthen the pelvic floor.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

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