Early ejaculators have a new free, simple, and side-effects free solution: perineal rehabilitation, well known to women after childbirth.
Pelvic floor rehabilitation helps women who have just given birth … but also early ejaculators. This new approach, presented on April 13 at the European Congress of Urology in Stockholm (Sweden), was developed by a team from Sapienza University in Rome (Italy). It consists in teaching men to “muscle” their perineum to better control ejaculation.
40 men participated in this study. For 12 weeks, they practiced pelvic floor exercises, already used to help incontinent men after prostate surgery. All of the participants suffered from premature ejaculation. On average, it took them a little over 30 seconds to reach orgasm. At the end of the study, they multiplied this duration by more than four, reaching almost 2 minutes 30.
Easy exercises without side effects
The majority of men have benefited from pelvic floor rehabilitation. It consisted of contracting the perineum in sets of 10, maintaining the contraction for 10 seconds. 33 of them experienced improvement over the entire follow-up period. 2 men retired earlier, thanks to a dazzling improvement. Only 5 participants did not report a change. At 6 months, the few patients who agreed to continue the study all said the benefits were being maintained.
This study remains limited by its size, but “these results are very positive”, underlines Dr Antonio Pastore, principal author. “The exercises are easy to do, with no reported side effects. And the benefits of pelvic floor rehabilitation don’t just relate to sex life – participants also showed more self-confidence. This is what Professor Carlo Bettochi underlines in a press release on behalf of the European Association of Urology: “Premature ejaculation is a real problem for many men, and all that can help them is welcome. This is particularly the case with this method, because patients overcome their problem on their own, which will also have psychological benefits. “
.
