Ben Wa Balls

It's Orgasmic Exercise!

Use Ben Wa Balls to exercise and tighten your pelvic floor muscles. Insert the weighted balls and squeeze your vaginal muscles to hold them inside.  The balls may move around causing stimulation and arousal.  Used since ancient times, women first inserted these pleasure orbs into their vagina and spent hours rocking gently back and forth.  Ben Wa Balls are highly recommended by doctors to help perform Kegel exercises.  Regular use of Ben Wa Balls will improve sexual performance, ease childbirth and strengthen bladder control.

Ben Wa Balls and Love Balls are one of the oldest types of women’s sex toys. These toys can range in size from smaller balls to larger balls with a small bead inside them for added stimulation. Originally designed to be placed in the vagina to increase sexual pleasure during sex Ben Wa Balls have the added benefit of strengthening the PC (pubococcygeus muscle).  Many women start with larger balls and move to smaller ones as their PC muscle get stronger.

Importance of Kegel Exercises

Pelvic floor muscles support the uterus, bladder, and bowel. Many factors can weaken these muscles throughout one’s life, including pregnancy, childbirth, obesity, age, chronic cough, chronic constipation, and a genetic predisposition to weak connective tissue. Kegel exercises are recommended for strengthening the pelvic floor muscles in an effort to delay and possibly prevent pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic organ prolapse is a condition in which the pelvic floor muscles weaken, causing the pelvic organs to descend and bulge into the vagina. This causes discomforts including uncomfortable pelvic pressure, incontinence, sexual dysfunction, and tissue pushed out through the vaginal opening.

The condition is more common amongst older women, but it is possible for a young woman to have pelvic organ prolapse.  Some causes of pelvic organ prolapse are vaginal birth, hysterectomy, and menopause. During pregnancy, Kegel exercises are recommended highly to ensure that the pelvic floor muscles are strong and well-toned. This will help prevent pelvic organ prolapse later on, but immediate benefits include more comfort towards the due date and less of a chance of developing urine leakage, which is common towards the due date and may continue after childbirth.

Kegel exercises also are recommended highly after childbirth and for women who have trouble reaching orgasm. The exercises tone the pelvic floor muscles and make the vagina tighter. A newly postpartum woman can do the exercises to help her pelvic floor muscles return to their pre-pregnancy strength.  For those just starting to do Kegel exercises, some results should be apparent within approximately 2-3 months. Similar to other types of exercises and physical activity, Kegel exercises should be done frequently to see long-term results.

Tips for Ben Wa Balls:

• For beginners and those with weaker PC muscles, use plastic balls or larger duotone balls instead of metal balls. Metal balls tend to slip out of the vagina if the PC muscles are not strong enough.
• Balls constructed from latex are comfortable, but latex is hard to clean because it has porous elements. Those who wish to purchase latex balls should clean them well every time they’re used to prevent bacteria build-up.
• Some balls have a retrieval cord, which will make it easier to remove the balls from the vagina.
• Use the balls at home and do not do any rigorous physical activity because the balls will most likely slip out. Even sneezing or coughing can cause the balls to fall out. You wouldn’t want the balls to slip out while you’re in public. Once you’re able to hold them in, then it’s ok to try wearing them in public. However, keep in mind that metal balls will set off metal detectors.
• One or both balls may be worn during sexual intercourse. The balls will stimulate the penis and help increase natural vaginal lubrication.

Methods for Arousal:

• Rocking: With the balls inside the vagina, get into a sitting position. Rock back and forth with your legs pressed together.
• Vaginal Penetration: During sex, leave one or both balls in the vagina. The penis will move the ball(s) around, so this technique will also stimulate his penis.
• Vibrator: Leave one or both of the balls in the vagina while inserting the vibrator or using it on the clitoris.
• Retrieval Cord Balls: Use the retrieval cord to pull the balls out. Push the balls back in. This will give your vagina a good workout.

How to use Ben Wa Balls:

• Use the restroom before placing the balls in the vagina.
• Insert one ball at a time. Women have said that inserting the balls is similar to inserting a tampon. If you’re not used to inserting tampons or if you’re having trouble, you should lift one leg up. If that doesn’t work, try inserting them while lying down.
• Squeeze your leg muscles together and then your PC muscles together to hold the balls in. The balls should push down a little bit inside your vagina, and they will make your vagina feel “full”. Much like tampons, you should eventually get used to the feeling.
• Hold the balls inside for at least 15 minutes a day to strengthen your PC muscles. You can hold them in for hours for a better workout.
• If any balls slip out, wash them well with soap and water and slip them back in.
• There are several ways to remove the balls including: jump up and down, sneeze, cough, sit and bear down as if you’re having a bowel movement, etc. If you think you might have a hard time removing the balls, then you may want to purchase balls that are strung onto a retrieval cord. In any case, it is not possible for the balls to disappear inside the body from inside the vagina.