Kegel exercises strengthen the pelvic floor by contracting muscles used to stop urination, but should not be practiced during urination.

“So what it is, what we describe it to for patients is we say, you're going to, there's a few different ways to describe it. You're going to use the muscles that you use when you urinate, but try to stop the flow, but you don't want to do them when you're urinating because that can create dysfunction.”