Do you suffer from an abnormally tight vagina that makes intercourse, or even using tampons difficult or painful?
If you answered “yes”, know that you’re not alone. Millions of women around the world suffer from a vaginal opening or canal that they feel is too “tight”. The good news is that aside from the rare physical abnormality, the majority of vaginas can be trained to relax, loosen and accept objects such as a male penis or tampon.
This guide will help educate you on the underlying causes of a tight vagina and on natural and easy to implement techniques to help improve its elasticity, loosening the opening and canal, reducing pain and discomfort.
There are several medical conditions, treatments and conditions that can result in a tightening of the vagina or an inability to easily ‘loosen up’. Cancer treatments such as radiation, conditions that inflame or irritate surrounding tissues and medications that affect hormones can all cause issues.
Common infections that can cause vaginal tightness include STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) as well as vaginal yeast infections.
Injury to the area or surrounding tissues from accidents, physical trauma, childbirth or even rough sex can be contributing factors. Those injuries causing scar tissue may pose additional challenges.
This medical condition causes pain during sex, stemming from psychological or physical issues. Pain from dyspareunia can precede sex, or occur during or after intercourse.
Natural childbirth can result in changes to the elasticity and sensitivity of the vaginal canal as well as physical changes to the muscles involved in giving birth.
For other new mothers, fluctuations in estrogen levels when breastfeeding can cause vaginal tightness. In other cases, scar tissue could cause restriction of the pelvic floor itself.
This condition is marked by involuntary muscle spasms occurring just prior to penetration. These spasms can be both painful and embarrassing, occurring before sex, insertion of a tampon or during medical examinations.
Sexual abuse of any type or degree is a traumatizing event that often has a lasting impact on the victim. This can make normal, consensual sexual encounters stressful and overwhelming. As a physical reaction, the body’s own “flight or fight” mechanism may cause involuntary tightening of the vaginal muscles, leading to painful intercourse or an inability to achieve penetration.
Hormonal changes due to medical conditions, medications or menopause can result in a range of symptoms including but not limited to vaginal atrophy, reduced vaginal elasticity, vaginal dryness, mood changes, weight gain and more.
Although every woman’s body is unique, there are several reliable methods you can easily incorporate into your regimen to aid in reducing the symptoms and underlying causes of vaginal tightness.
One of the most effective, reliable, affordable and simplest ways to do this is with the use of a specially designed vaginal dilator.
Many underlying medical conditions negatively affecting the elasticity of the vagina can be addressed with what is known as a vaginal dilator.
A vaginal dilator is a medical device shaped to resemble a tampon or dildo that is gently tapered towards the point of insertion to make initial penetration easier. They are made from medical-grade materials engineered to be comfortable and gentle on the surrounding tissue, and available in a broad range of sizes and lengths.
A dilator works to gently loosen and stretch the vaginal opening and canal, allowing you to progress at your own pace and increase the size and length incrementally as comfortability increases over time.
These dilators train the vaginal muscles and tissues to relax and expand, encouraging blood flow and elasticity to the area, as well as calming the associated nerves.
Dilators also work to help women become psychologically more comfortable with the idea and feelings of penetration, increasing their level of comfort and calm at their own pace and on their own time in the privacy of their homes, while also increasing self-confidence.
Certain types of stretching and exercises can increase the level of voluntary control over the musculature and tissues of the vagina. Kegels are a contraction of the pelvic floor muscles and in most cases can make issues of vaginal and pelvic floor tightness worse and can increase pain.
Kegels should be avoided until pain and restriction in the pelvic floor have been addressed.
Vaginal tightness can be embarrassing, uncomfortable and painful. But it doesn’t have to be. Luckily there are cost-effective, safe and reliable ways for women to alleviate symptoms and regain confidence in the comfort of their own homes.
By combining Kegel exercises with a vaginal dilator you can take back control of your body and live your best life.
