BY K. Aleisha Fetters
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Your penis needs a workout. No, not that kind.
You need to perform Kegel exercises, tiny contractions of your pelvic
floor's pubococcygeus (PC) muscles. The exercises—which women often
practice to keep things tight and preventing that "hot dog flying down a
hallway" feeling—are becoming increasingly popular with well-equipped
men across the country. And for good reason: It turns out, Kegels can
curb everything from premature ejaculation and, on the flip side,
erectile dysfunction to crooked cocks. They can also make orgasms more
intense.
"There isn't a day that goes by
that I don't teach Kegels to at least five guys for various
conditions," says Brian L. Steixner, M.D., director of the Institute for
Men's Health at
Jersey Urology Group.
He explains that the pelvic-floor muscles are a group of tissues that
hang out in (you guessed it) your pelvis and act like a sling, holding
up your internal organs and intestines. But the different muscles that
make up the pelvic floor, most notably the PC muscles, which stretch
from your anus to your urinary sphincter, are critical in your penis's
health.
