A pelvic floor exerciser helps you tone and tighten the muscles in your pelvic floor. Over time and as you age, these muscles lose their strength. Recent child birth can also affect these muscles. The loss of strength in your pelvic floor muscles can cause incontinence or a decrease in sexual pleasure. Pelvic floor toners, based on principles of kegel exercise, can help you maintain or improve the strength of these muscles.
Cones and Weights
Aquaflex offers a variety of vaginal cones and weights that are used to increase the strength of your pelvic floor. There are two sizes of vaginal cones with strings and four weights included in the package. You insert the cone into your vagina and hold it there by contracting your pelvic floor muscles. You may do this either lying down or standing up. Once you are comfortable with the cone and holding it in place becomes easier, you may gradually increase the difficulty by adding the weights one at a time. The cones screw apart for easy cleaning.
Resistance
The KegelMaster 2000 uses resistance to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. It contains springs that, when adjusted, offer 15 resistance levels. The KegelMaster is inserted into the vagina. Once inserted, it places gentle pressure on the vaginal muscles. You contract your pelvic floor muscles repeatedly, pushing against the KegelMaster's pressure. This exerciser can only be used lying down.
Isolating Pelvic Floor Muscles
Isolating and contracting your pelvic floor muscles can be difficult. In order to ensure that a pelvic floor exerciser is working properly, you must be using the correct muscles. For the many people who find it difficult to isolate their pelvic floor muscles -- or those who just aren't sure they are doing it right -- there are exercisers that contract the muscles for you using electrical stimulation. The Kegel 8 Ultra Plus and the NeuroTrac Pelvitone are two of the best exercisers available. Essentially these devices emit small electric pulses that automatically contract and release your pelvic floor muscles. Both offer multiple built-in programs that vary the intensity of the contractions.
Considerations
You do not need to buy a pelvic floor exerciser in order to tighten your pelvic floor muscles. You can do this on your own with instruction and practice. Pelvic floor exercisers may make the process easier, but they can be expensive. You may wish to visit your physician and seek advice about whether an exerciser suits your needs. No matter how you perform pelvic floor exercises, don't overdo it. Doing too many can weaken rather than strengthen these muscles.
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