7 Health Benefits Of Másturbation

Considering that up to 95 percent of men and 89 to 92 percent of women másturbate, it's probably safe to say that no one really needs much convincing to keep doing it.
But if you'd like a hand giving yourself a hand, here's something to get you started:

1. Másturbation helps you sleep. That's because getting hándsy with yourself lowers blood pressure and produces éndorphins, the chemicals responsible for helping ease stress and increase relaxation.

2. Másturbation relieves cramps. Flying solo during that time of the month increases blood flow to the pelvic area, easing pain. The intensity of orgásm can also help — and it sure beats a hot water bottle.

3. Másturbation prevents prostate cancer. Toxins build up in the urogenitál tract, leading to disease—but másturbation flushes those toxins out of the body, making men who ejaculáte more than five times a week a third less likely to develop prostate cancer.

4. Másturbation alleviates urináry tract infections. Once you're tired of drinking all that cranberry juice, turn to the other cure for UTIs: másturbation. It helps flush out old bacteria from the cervix, giving UTI sufferers some much-needed relief.

5. Másturbation might relieve Restless Leg Syndrome symptoms.Researchers estimate that 10 percent of people suffer from RLS, a neurologicál disorder categorized by a constant urge to move the limbs, often causing leg pain, crámps, tingling, and itching. But there might be help in sight—a letter published in the medical journal Sleep Medicine reported on a patient who used séx and másturbation to relieve symptoms of RLS.

6. Másturbation boosts your immunity. Ejáculation releases the hormone cortisol. It's a stress hormone, but in small doses, it can help strengthen and maintain your immune system.

7. Másturbation makes séx better. Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes. Séx thérapists strongly recommend that women who have not had an orgásm begin by pleasuring themselves. This puts them in touch with the genitál pleasure that they like.