casse-noisette, the nutcracker. She constricted herself around me, pinched into me. This pinching and pulling felt like a furious vacuum to my asto- nished penis and surprised me as well. I enjoyed it; I emptied myself and fell onto her with all my weight …..” (Swift, 1994;
p. 8). This love technique is often referred to as “pompoir”.
Finding the Right One
According to a study by the Medical College of Virginia, only 49% of women do the Kegel exercises correctly when
they only receive short verbal instructions. This means only half of the women constricted the targeted muscles without significant Valsalva effect, which refers to holding one’s breath while pressing with the addominal muscles). 25% of women even employed the technique in such a manner as to induce incontinence rather than to prevent it. Conse- quently, in addition to thorough instruction, feedback plays a decisive role. Effective training can only be achieved if there is an indicator to show that the correct target muscles are being impacted (Bump et al., 1991). This thesis is further supported by the fact that 10% of the women were unable to contract their PC muscle at all (Hartmann
& Fithian, 1972; p. 83). First of all, women have to be- come acquainted with these muscles. A self examination is recommended before beginning training, if a woman is unsure about her PC muscle. The gynecological transvaginal palpation is particularly well suited for this purpose:
You insert the index or middle finger 3 – 4 cm into the vagina and explore the surface circumferentially. Bend your finger and press at 1 cm intervals, working your way from the vaginal entry into the vagina until you reach to the cervix. Tense your PC muscle, and each time you exert pressure, determine if you can
Fig. 26
feel your PC muscle move. Kegel asserts that a healthy PC muscle is three fingers thick, while a weak PC muscle can be as thin as a pencil. If you exam- ine your vaginal wall at inter- vals of 1 cm, you will find the muscle quickly and be able to familiarize yourself with it
easily (Schlüssler et al., 1994). Transvaginal palpation
Unconscious Interaction between Pleasure and the PC Muscle
Every woman automatically and unconsciously contracts her PC muscle each time she sees anything that arouses her. If female subjects capable of achieving orgasm are shown a slide which they consider to be very erotic, for example, this subjective assessment is objectively confirmed by a con- striction of the PC muscle and visa-versa, i.e. if there are no contractions, there is no erotization. This correlation is not observed, however, in female subjects who experience dif- ficulty achieving orgasm: In this case, surprisingly enough, PC muscle contractions are even sometimes recorded when the picture perceived is not at all stimulating (Perry, 1995). So the body reacts, but the conscious mind remains una- ware of this physical reaction.
Dutch sex researcher Ellen Laan and her team also report this curious discord on another physiological level. She uti- lized VPA (vaginal pulse amplitude modulation) to objec- tively determine the effect of sexual stimulation by measur- ing blood afflux into the vaginal walls - the higher the blood flow, the higher the pulse amplitude in the vaginal area. She also came to the same conclusion as Perry in respect to the PC muscle contractions. The discrepancy between the subjective sensual experience and the measured genital- physiological response is less in women who experience coi- tal orgasms than in women who experience orgasms through other sexual activities (Brody, 2003).
From a therapeutic standpoint, this phenomenon suggests that achieving orgasm depends not only on the strength of the PC muscle, but also on whether “conditioning of the sexual reflex” can correct the discrepancy between vaginal
response and conscious sexual arousal. By training the PC muscle, a woman therefore not only builds up muscle strength, she also focuses her attention
p. 8). This love technique is often referred to as “pompoir”.
Finding the Right One
According to a study by the Medical College of Virginia, only 49% of women do the Kegel exercises correctly when
they only receive short verbal instructions. This means only half of the women constricted the targeted muscles without significant Valsalva effect, which refers to holding one’s breath while pressing with the addominal muscles). 25% of women even employed the technique in such a manner as to induce incontinence rather than to prevent it. Conse- quently, in addition to thorough instruction, feedback plays a decisive role. Effective training can only be achieved if there is an indicator to show that the correct target muscles are being impacted (Bump et al., 1991). This thesis is further supported by the fact that 10% of the women were unable to contract their PC muscle at all (Hartmann
& Fithian, 1972; p. 83). First of all, women have to be- come acquainted with these muscles. A self examination is recommended before beginning training, if a woman is unsure about her PC muscle. The gynecological transvaginal palpation is particularly well suited for this purpose:
You insert the index or middle finger 3 – 4 cm into the vagina and explore the surface circumferentially. Bend your finger and press at 1 cm intervals, working your way from the vaginal entry into the vagina until you reach to the cervix. Tense your PC muscle, and each time you exert pressure, determine if you can
Fig. 26
feel your PC muscle move. Kegel asserts that a healthy PC muscle is three fingers thick, while a weak PC muscle can be as thin as a pencil. If you exam- ine your vaginal wall at inter- vals of 1 cm, you will find the muscle quickly and be able to familiarize yourself with it
easily (Schlüssler et al., 1994). Transvaginal palpation
Unconscious Interaction between Pleasure and the PC Muscle
Every woman automatically and unconsciously contracts her PC muscle each time she sees anything that arouses her. If female subjects capable of achieving orgasm are shown a slide which they consider to be very erotic, for example, this subjective assessment is objectively confirmed by a con- striction of the PC muscle and visa-versa, i.e. if there are no contractions, there is no erotization. This correlation is not observed, however, in female subjects who experience dif- ficulty achieving orgasm: In this case, surprisingly enough, PC muscle contractions are even sometimes recorded when the picture perceived is not at all stimulating (Perry, 1995). So the body reacts, but the conscious mind remains una- ware of this physical reaction.
Dutch sex researcher Ellen Laan and her team also report this curious discord on another physiological level. She uti- lized VPA (vaginal pulse amplitude modulation) to objec- tively determine the effect of sexual stimulation by measur- ing blood afflux into the vaginal walls - the higher the blood flow, the higher the pulse amplitude in the vaginal area. She also came to the same conclusion as Perry in respect to the PC muscle contractions. The discrepancy between the subjective sensual experience and the measured genital- physiological response is less in women who experience coi- tal orgasms than in women who experience orgasms through other sexual activities (Brody, 2003).
From a therapeutic standpoint, this phenomenon suggests that achieving orgasm depends not only on the strength of the PC muscle, but also on whether “conditioning of the sexual reflex” can correct the discrepancy between vaginal
response and conscious sexual arousal. By training the PC muscle, a woman therefore not only builds up muscle strength, she also focuses her attention
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