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be withdrawn for some time. This condition is known as
Penis Captivus.
We have now outlined the most important circumstances
connected with pelvic gymnastics. Some further points will
be dealt with in later chapters.
Pelvic exercises aim at strengthening the pelvic floor as
a whole, and also at bringing its muscles under the control
of the will, so that this muscular co-ordination may be used
to counteract the great stretching that occurs after birth.
Moreover, these exercises should also enable women to relax
their pelvic and perineal muscles, definitely and deliberately.
The muscles of the pelvic floor should be capable of tension
or relaxation at will. And the orifice and shaft of the vagina
should also be brought under conscious control, so that they
may be contracted or relaxed, together or separately, at will.
Thus, the exercises of the pelvic floor may be classified
as (a) perineal and (b) vaginal.
