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Femetone Pelvic Floor Stimulator-Toning Your Pelvic Floor With An Electronic Toner


The Femetone Pelvic Floor Stimulator is a dedicated neuromuscular stimulator specially designed to treat a weakened pelvic floor by strengthening the muscles which may have been weakened due to childbirth or the effects of aging.

The Femetone is lightweight and user friendly. It differs from other devices on the market as it uses technology known as “sequential frequency stimulation”. This means that rather than using just a single frequency, the Femetone can treat all the muscle fibres within the muscles of the vaginal wall. Sequential stimulation has the advantage of treating the muscle fibres for exactly the right amount of time by adjusting the workout frequencies appropriately during each session.

If you have tried to do your kegel exercises, you will know just how difficult it can be to do just twenty or so in one session and even then, it often feels “hit and miss” as to whether you have completed these correctly. When your vaginal muscles are weakened, it is often difficult to determine just whether you are effectively squeezing at all! The Femetone Pelvic Floor Stimulator does between 180 and 450 squeeze and release exercises in just one short session.

The device consists of a handheld device together with an attached probe. It has three built in programmes which can treat stress, mixed and urge incontinence. The probe is similar to a tampon, and just as easy to insert. The different intensity levels mean that you can build up through the various levels as your muscles strengthen and you regain the control which you once had in your pelvic floor muscles.

The Femetone Pelvic Floor Stimulator can not only treat incontinence, but has the added advantage of improving intimate sensations, thus restoring self esteem.

There is no doubt at all that using a pelvic exercise device gives much better results that trying to perform kegel exercises manually. If you are trying to improve your pelvic muscle tone and would like to see the Femetone Pelvic Floor Stimulator, please visit my website Pelvic Floor Toners where you will find the Femetone at a discounted price, together with a wide range of other toning devices.



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7 Secrets of Successful Pelvic Floor Exercising


Most women know they should be exercising those hidden pelvic floor muscles, but are daunted by the difficulties.  We share the 7 secrets of successful pelvic floor (or kegel) exercising, to help all women to gain stronger, healthier pelvic floor muscles.

1. Find out how to exercise correctly.  There are many sources of information on correct pelvic floor exercising.  Women often choose to approach a health professional, hoping that they can describe exactly how to produce that elusive squeeze.  Unfortunately, this isn’t always the best strategy, since research has shown that over half of all women are unable to produce a correct correction from verbal or written instructions.  If you are lucky enough to be within reach of a women’s health physiotherapist (called a physical therapist in the US) they may be able to use ultrasound or other equipment to help you learn the correct technique. So explore the services that are available to you.

2. Consider using an exercise aid to help you.  There are many different types of exercise aid available, and research has shown that many are definitely effective. Devices with visual feedback are especially useful in showing you what happens inside your body when you try to contract your pelvic floor muscles, and in motivating you to keep going by demonstrating that your exercises are working. Exercise aids are extremely beneficial to women who can’t – or don’t want to – access specialist health practitioners, but even women who consult a specialist gain substantial benefit from the use of an exercise aid within an ongoing home-based program.

3. Incorporate your pelvic floor strengthening into your daily life.  This doesn’t just mean that you “squeeze and lift” your pelvic floor muscles while waiting at traffic lights, or whilst cooking a meal.  It means learning and adopting correct posture in your daily life and developing coordinated breathing.  There’s increasing evidence that the muscles of the pelvic floor work in coordination with the deep abdominal muscles forming a “girdle” around the lower part of the body, and providing support to the lower back.  Using these core muscles effectively will assist you to gain and maintain a stronger pelvic floor.

4. Avoid activities and movements that damage your pelvic floor. Heavy lifting, straining on the toilet, being overweight, and a chronic cough can all weaken or damage the pelvic floor muscles.  More surprisingly, so can excessive or inappropriate exercising.  Women who participate in sports or exercises that increase abdominal pressure are at risk of pelvic floor damage too.  Sports that involve running and jumping, and activities such as abdominal crunches, can place undue pressure on the pelvic floor muscles.

5. Exercise frequently enough to make a real difference. Recommendations vary, but a daily or twice daily session is usually considered appropriate.  If this sounds a lot, don’t worry, as your exercise sessions need not take more than 10 minutes.  In the early days of an exercise program, you’ll probably need to set aside some dedicated exercise time.  But as you become more certain of your exercise technique, you’ll find that you can initiate a correct contraction at any time.  Even if you choose to use an exercise aid to help you in the early months, you’ll find that you need it less as you build strength.

6. Use an alarm or another signal to remind you that it’s time to exercise.  Research has shown that women who use a simple alarm are far more likely to stick to their exercise program.  Train yourself to respond to the trigger sound and automatically start your exercises, without allowing those “inner voices” to dissuade you.

7. Keep going for long enough. Don’t give up because you can’t see any difference, and definitely don’t give up as soon as you do notice a difference!  At least 6 weeks of regular, frequent exercise is required to create a perceptible improvement in muscle strength.  If you already have symptoms of a weak pelvic floor, such as incontinence, you will probably need to exercise for 12 or more weeks to overcome your problem.

Seven simple secrets can make all the difference. If you want stronger, healthier pelvic floor muscles, listen to the secrets and start today.



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5 Good Reasons Why Every Woman Should Improve Her Pelvic Floor Fitness


Pelvic floor fitness is an essential to lifelong physical, sexual and emotional health. Yet this area of the body is often neglected by fitness experts.

Why are the pelvic floor muscles so important, and why should all women do regular exercises to maximise their fitness?

1. Pelvic floor fitness is the best way of beating stress incontinence.

One in three women who have ever had a baby experience stress incontinence at some point in their lives, when ordinary activities such as laughing, sneezing or jumping cause them to lose small amounts of urine. Sometimes the symptoms appear immediately after delivery, but for many women, years pass before they notice they have a problem.

Fortunately, it isn’t necessary to wear pads for ever. Over two-thirds of women who try pelvic floor exercises – and do them properly – are cured of their stress incontinence, without the need for drugs or surgery.

2. Pelvic floor fitness improves sexual response.

Pelvic muscles are directly responsible for the amount of sensation a woman feels during intercourse, and for the amount of grip felt by her partner.



Exercise improves muscle tone which means that the muscle is tighter, so is stretched more during intercourse. Strong, firm muscles have more nerve endings, and more nerve endings mean more sensations.

Rhythmic contractions of the these muscles contribute to arousal the ability to achieve orgasm. Many women report they are able to reach orgasm more easily, and that their orgasms are more powerful, after a pelvic exercise program.

3. Pelvic floor fitness contributes to an easier labour and better recovery after childbirth.

Over half of pregnant woman experience stress incontinence, with symptoms commonly persisting for a year after the birth. Even twelve months later, one woman in five still has symptoms that will worsen over the years.

Pelvic strengthening exercises, either before or during early pregnancy, can significantly reduce the risk of stress incontinence later. Research shows that the strength of these muscles at twenty weeks of pregnancy is an excellent indicator of the likelihood of stress incontinence later.

And the best news of all for pregnant women is that an exercise program during pregnancy has been shown to have a positive effect on labour.

4. Pelvic floor fitness is an excellent defence against urge incontinence, common amongst women in their later years.

Urge incontinence is the most common form of incontinence in women over 70, leading to major unwanted changes in lifestyle for many women, and even to nursing home admission.

Urge incontinence is a complex problem, with many contributing factors, but a strong muscles increase the chances of successful treatment if it does occur. So commitment to a program of effective pelvic floor exercises in earlier decades can be a woman’s best defence against incontinence in old age.

5. Pelvic floor fitness is a vital factor in total fitness.

The pelvic floor muscles are hidden from view and can be a significant weakness in an otherwise healthy toned body. Many women who pride themselves on high levels of aerobic fitness are shocked to find that this important area of their bodies can let them down in their middle years. Ironically female athletes need to pay particular attention to these muscles as their sporting activities place even more stress on the pelvic floor than day-to-day activities. Yet many fitness trainers neglect this area altogether.

Fortunately women can take control of this area of their body for themselves. Pelvic floor fitness needs personal commitment, and access to quality information. But, given these factors, most women can achieve it through a program of exercise, supported when necessary by the use of well-chosen exercise and strengthening products.



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