Can Frog Pose Really Help With Pain, Circulation, Digestion, Stress, and Better Sex?
If you’ve never heard of Frog pose, TikTokers think you should learn the classic yoga pose. Videos claiming it’s a cure all for everything from pain to digestion to mental health to better sex are going viral.
TikToker Olga Urbanovich (426.3K followers) posted a video in September 22, 2021, claiming that practicing a daily, one-minute Frog pose position could improve your sex life, strengthen the pelvic muscles, stimulate digestion, and promote better circulation. The video has since garnered 14 million views.
What Is Frog Pose?
Frog pose is primarily a stretching pose for the hips and inner thighs, explains Monisha Bhanote, MD, an integrative medicine physician in private practice in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, and a yoga teacher certified by Yoga Medicine. “Frog pose is a yoga pose that targets the hips and inner thighs (adductor muscles).” Mandukasana is the traditional Sanskrit name for the pose.