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My muscles are pretty weak, which pairs badly with a small bladder- which was more the motivation to do it rather than the... other alleged benefits.
Based on my research I think it's a failure to adequately unclench that throws something out of whack in a most painful way.
It's like all other cases of overstrain. Did it very lightly. Felt it was working. Then a little more forcefully. Then I was a bit sore but it's not too bad so I decide to do it lightly and reassess the next day.
Next day? Pain
I genuinely don't understand how that can happen, and strongly suspect there's things that you either know but haven't said or don't know that are important to strategy here. I can't see a way of "doing five kegels" that could cause injury outside of a medical problem or some other bizzare situation.
How many steps do you take per day / how often do you walk, roughly? The best advice I can imagine outside of 'provide more information' is 'do more very light exercise across all muscle groups, go on walks more, don't ramp up at all because ramping up seems to cause issues', but that is very weird advice
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