Mara Santilli is a freelance writer and editor who covers women's health, wellness trends and topics related to health equity. She's contributed to Women's Health, Marie Claire, Shape, Cosmopolitan, ...

Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles in the pelvic region that support the uterus, the bladder, the rectum and the vagina. If your pelvic floor muscles are weak or not functioning the way they ...

Kegel exercises are simple, repetitive clenching of the pelvic floor muscles, which are contracted over and over again in an attempt to gain more strength. If you think of them as strength training ...