Sex and Orgasm

Maybe you've never heard of your pelvic floor muscles before, but you can gain surprising sexual benefits by strengthening them using regular exercises or trying one of the many products available.

The benefits

Regular exercise of the pelvic floor muscles - the pubococcygeus sling of muscles that supports the urethra, vagina and rectum - has many health benefits, including:

• Improved sexual arousal by stimulating blood circulation to the genital area
• Better and longer-lasting orgasms
• More control and confidence during vaginal penetration
• Avoiding urinary incontinence
• Avoiding vaginal prolapse

Some partners have reported increased sensation on vaginal penetration.

What to do

For the natural approach try regular pelvic floor exercises or alternatively there are a number of products that can help.