A doctor who specializes in vaginal health has shared the key to keeping your vagina in tip-top shape as she revealed most people are peeing, wiping, and working out in incorrectly.
Dr. Teresa Irwin, from Texas, is a self-proclaimed ‘vaginacologist’ who boasts over 92,000 TikTok followers and focuses on female pelvic dysfunctions.
Over the years, she noticed that patients’ health issues are often linked to a lack of education on how to treat their bodies, so she began to share her tips on the video-sharing platform.
Most recently, the doctor revealed how you can keep your vagina healthy by switching up your routine.
Dr. Teresa Irwin, from Texas, specializes in vaginal health has shared the key to keeping your vagina in tip-top shape
She is a self-proclaimed ‘vaginacologist’ who boasts over 92,000 TikTok followers and focuses on female pelvic dysfunctions
Most recently, the doctor revealed how you can keep your vagina healthy by switching up your routine
The perfect pee! How to urinate the right way
First up, Dr. Irwin told her followers they were peeing wrong, as she revealed you should be taking at least a full minute to pee.
First up, Dr. Irwin told her followers they should be peeing in cowboy position
‘A minute may not seem like a long time, but when I tell people to do this, it can seem like an eternity but it’s not!’ the doctor said.
‘Many women do not take the time to fully empty their bladder, when you feel in a rush to pee it can cause you to have a forceful stream which will put pressure on the surrounding muscles,’ she added.
She then explained that most women are sitting on the toilet incorrectly.
‘Many women are taught to pee by sitting straight up on the toilet, which causes some of the urine to stay in the bladder,’ she said.
Dr. Irwin said you should be trying to sit in ‘cowboy’ position to keep your vagina healthy.
She explained: ‘The most popular position to prevent this issue I call the cowboy position, you simply lean forward to put your elbows above your kneecaps, making sure to keep your feet level on the ground.’
Get to wiping! You should ALWAYS wipe front to back
Dr. Irwin also advises why you should always wipe front to back to lower their risk of infection
Dr. Irwin also advises why you should always wipe front to back.
By wiping front to back, you will be moving the bacteria away from your vagina, which lowers your risk of infection.
She said: ‘You can either wipe front to back from the front or front to back from behind.
In addition to reducing the transmission of bacteria, this also helps prevent you from UTIs.
Bacteria from your GI system can also disrupt your vagina’s microbiome of microorganisms such as Lactobacillus, which helps to maintain a healthy vaginal environment.
By not wiping from front to back, your butt bacteria could disrupt the balance of your vagina and lead to an infection.
‘This is to prevent the tracking of bacteria from your anus, your butt hole, to your pee hole, therefore, preventing infection,’ Dr. Irwin explained.
Workout your vagina! How to strengthen your vagina with specific moves that keep you healthy
In a recent clip on TikTok, which has racked up over 834,000 views Dr. Irwin explained how doing the goddess pose (pictured) can gain vaginal strength
This position is a ‘bridge’, which almost mimics a thrust and helps keep your vagina healthy
In a recent clip on TikTok, which has racked up over 834,000 views as well as 104,000 likes, Dr. Irwin explained how you can gain vaginal strength.
The vaginal health expert got on the floor and showed her followers five different yoga position, that will ensure they have a stronger and healthier vagina.
The first position sees Teresa lying on her back with her legs in the air and holding onto her feet, known as the happy baby.
In the second, she can be seen doing a position similar to the crab, while pushing her pubic bone up, similar to an upward plank.
The third position is a ‘bridge’, which almost mimics a thrust.
She then shows ‘The Goddess’, an easy position, that sees you staying in squat position with your hands out to your side, is a great for strengthening your vagina.
The doctor finishes by showing off the one-leg pigeon pose, a comfortable yet strong one to end on.
Another position sees Teresa lying on her back with her legs in the air and holding onto her feet, known as the happy baby
The doctor finishes by showing off the one-leg pigeon pose, a comfortable yet strong one to end on
The one-leg pigeon pose sees you sitting on your legs and resting one of your legs straight out and bringing the other leg up to you.
As well as the yoga positions, Dr. Irwin advised her followers to keep up with Kegel exercises.
She added: ‘I know that you have probably all heard the advice to ‘do your Kegels’, but why?
‘Your pelvic floor muscles line the interior of your pelvic bone; they act as a net to keep your reproductive and elimination organs in place, when the pelvic floor becomes weak, it can no longer hold those organs in place and it can lead to prolapse and other dysfunctions.
Her followers loved her advice and gushed over her secrets to maintaining a healthy vagina in the comments section
‘Hypopressives will also help, this is an uncommon but highly effective technique to strengthen the pelvic floor.
‘It is a breathing exercise that helps strengthen your core to relieve pressure on your pelvic floor by learning to lift and support the weight of the organs through the supporting muscles,’ she explained.
Her followers loved her advice and gushed over her secrets to maintaining a healthy vagina in the comments section.
One person wrote: ‘Thank you, this was very helpful.’
Another person added: ‘Love this so much!’
‘Thank you, needed this! [I] will do now!’ commented one user.
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