How to Strengthen the Vaginal Wall Muscles

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How to Strengthen the Vaginal Wall Muscles

Keeping your vagina healthy and toned should be a major priority for all women. This isn’t just for sexual reasons and keeping a tight vagina for better stimulation, but for better urinary control and stronger pelvic muscles.  So how exactly do you work you pelvic muscles?  Doing Kegels is probably the best way.  These pelvic exercises strengthen the pelvic floor can help you avoid incontinence and keep vaginal walls toned.  Kegels can also transform feeble orgasms into fabulous ones.

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Keeping Your Vagina Healthy

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Keeping Your Vagina Healthy

All women should be concerned about their vaginal health. A healthy vagina is naturally acidic and contains rich quantities of beneficial bacteria that help fend off infections and maintain a normal pH level. A healthy vagina will also secrete small amounts of discharge to keep itself clean, much as saliva is produced to help cleanse your mouth. Any interference with these normal conditions, and you may face vaginal irritation or infection. Here’s how to keep your vagina healthy.

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Ways to Relieve Period Cramps

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Almost 50% of women experience naturally occurring painful periods, but there is also a disorder called dysmenorrhea which is used to describe severely painful menstruation and menstrual cramps. Women with dysmenorrhea will experience severe pain and cramping in the abdomen and pelvic area, as well as the lower back and legs. Pain can be both intense and dull and come and go. Women also struggle with headaches, dizziness, diarrhea, nausea and sometimes vomiting.

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Study: Vaginal Mucus Can Protect Against STI's

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New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that a certain type of vaginal bacteria could be protecting women from getting sexually transmitted diseases, including the HIV virus.  The study looked at the vaginal mucus of 31 women using high resolution time-lapse microscopes. Using this technique they were able to test whether HIV particles were stopped or became trapped within the mucus – or if they did not and were able to spread to cause infection in the body.  The study was recently published in mBio, a journal by the American Society for Microbiology.

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Premenstrual syndrome

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Premenstrual syndrome is also known as PMS. PMS can cause a range of physical and psychological symptoms that occur just before a female gets her menstrual period. This includes mood swings, food cravings, fatigue, irritability, and depression. It is estimated that about three out of every four women have experienced some form of premenstrual syndrome.

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Common Vaginal Issues Solutions

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There are many vaginal issues that can affect women, but it can be embarrassing to talk about it openly.  Many issues are more common than you think, but it is good to know if you should be consulting a physician or something you can handle on your own.  Here is a rundown of some common conditions, from itching to unsightly bumps, and what to do if you are suffering from one of them. 

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Dealing with Vaginal Atrophy

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Vaginal dryness can be hard on any sex life.   Not only can it be painful, but it can kill the female libido as well.  Some of the main causes of vaginal dryness include hormonal changes.  Of the most common causes of vaginal dryness is a decrease in estrogen levels during menopause, perimenopause, after childbirth, or during breastfeeding. Decreased levels of estrogen leads to thinning and inflammation of the labia typically called vaginal atrophy

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