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After childbirth, with pounding (such as in aerobics class), with straining, and with aging the sling that is our pelvic floor can weaken. Other causes, but less well recognized, are chronic dieting, insulin intolerance and diabetes, poor muscle health, too little sex, and too few Kegel's exercises. The eventual consequence is known as VRS or Vaginal Relaxation Syndrome. The worst consequence is incontinence, but many women have other, more subtle symptoms of VRS or what is more commonly known as "loose vagina." Some of the more subtle symptoms of loose vagina symptoms are less enjoyment from sex, less lubrication, chronic irritation, chronic bladder or vaginal infections, and symptoms of urinary urgency. Even partners describe sex as less pleasurable when a woman has the vaginal relaxation syndrome. While Kegel's exercises are not invasive, and a core part of what gynos would recommend as good for ongoing health, they are not successful on their with improving the ...