Pelvic exercises improve men's sex life

April 16, 2014  10:54

Pelvic exercises can benefit men with chronic premature ejaculation, according to a new study.

Premature ejaculation -- defined as occurring within one minute -- affects many men at some point in their lives. Although different treatments exist, some men don't respond to any of them, WebMD reported.

This study included 40 men, aged 19 to 46, with lifelong premature ejaculation who had tried different treatments -- including creams, antidepressants and behavioral therapy -- without success. They were trained to exercise their pelvic floor muscles and did this for 12 weeks.

At the start of the study, the men's average time to ejaculation was about 32 seconds. That improved to almost 2.5 minutes -- a more than fourfold increase -- by the end of the three-month pelvic exercise program.

"This is a small study, so the effects need to be verified in a bigger trial. Nevertheless, the results are very positive," study leader Dr. Antonio Pastore, of Sapienza University of Rome, said in a news release from the European Association of Urology. "The rehabilitation exercises are easy to perform, with no reported adverse effects."

"We also found that the fact that the men were able to improve their sex lives through their own efforts helped their self-confidence," Pastore said.

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