Nicola's incontinence is
much improved and as an added bonus her sex life has improved, too, "I use
the PelvicToner everytime I feel the need to top up my muscle strength and I
intend to keep on using it because I don't want my bladder muscles to weaken
again. Without it I'd still be squeezing the wrong muscles, struggling with
incontinence and worrying that my prolapse would come back. I'd recommend it to
anyone".
Nicola Allen talking to Yours
Magazine, October 2011 - click
here to read the full article
"I
feel I must write to you to say a huge Thank You for your amazing Pelvic
Toner!
I have been experiencing stress
incontinence since I had my son in 2004. Although I had regularly done my
pelvic floor exercises, I remember being utterly horrified to discover I was
leaking when I went for a jog a few weeks after my son was born. At that time
I hoped it would improve in time with pelvic floor exercises.
After my daughter was born in
2006 I was determined to do something about it as the problem was getting in
the way of my yoga practice and other exercise. I bought a set of weighted
cones but these did nothing at all for the problem in fact they just
highlighted how bad things were.
I have many friends who have
young children and leaking is something which we all have accepted as part of
having children despite the fact we are in our 30's/late 20's. This is
something I always used to think just affected older women. When we got a
trampoline a couple of years ago I had to face up to the fact that the problem
wasn't getting any better - after just a few jumps on it with the kids I would
have significantly leaked. There was just no strength in the pelvic sling.
At this point I decided to get
some medical tests done. I was examined and disappointed to be told to
continue with pelvic floor exercises. I then heard of the Kegel 8 which I
tried for a year but this did not significantly improve things.
Then a few months ago a friend
recommended the Pelvic Toner. I have to admit I was a bit sceptical at first
as I had become a bit jaded by the subject but yes. . . . It is amazing!
Even after a few days I knew
that I was finally exercising the 'right' muscles and they felt tighter and
stronger almost straight away! I have noticed a massive difference when on the
trampoline and whilst running. I haven't leaked once.
This extra tightness and
strength definitely adds to sexual pleasure. So, I can't thank you enough.
I've practiced yoga for 13
years and swam competitively in my 20's. Plus I thought nothing of
rollerblading for a few hours in an afternoon before I had my children so I
didn't think I would be a candidate for this as I was in optimum fitness. I'm
so glad and relieved that I don't need to worry it anymore or have that
feeling of dread when the Tena Lady ads come on!
I work as an acupuncturist and
now recommend the PT to all my female patients and friends as I'm aware SO
many women experience this.
With immense thanks and best
wishes."
Laura
"I snuck the pack of Tena lady pads into my shopping trolley, hiding them under the big bag of pasta I was buying for the kids' tea."
"Pretend they're for your Grandma, Shelley!" I told myself, as I queued at the checkout. I was only 23, and I hated the fact that I needed to wear incontinence pads. But since having my third little boy, Farris, who was six months old, I had no choice. I leaked when I exercised or jumped on a trampoline with my older boys Brandon, four, and Denver, three; and even when I coughed, sneezed or bent to wash the kitchen floor."
"The pads were so big that they showed through tight jeans and leggings, so I had to cover up with long baggy tops and smocks. I felt frumpy and unattractive - nothing like the sexy young thing I should be at my age. Not that my partner Duncan, 28, and I had much energy for sex, with three young children to look after."
"Or was I just hiding behind this excuse - because I knew I was no longer satisfying Duncan properly? When we had intercourse, he couldn't climax, and once asked, "Am I still inside you?" I was embarrassed, humiliated, and ashamed that I couldn't be a proper lover to him."
"Since having Farris I'd been doing my pelvic floor exercises religiously. But I knew they weren't working. Not only was I suffering with stress incontinence, but Duncan couldn't feel me, and I couldn't feel him properly either. He tried to reassure me it didn't matter, but of course it did.
We both wanted another baby, and desperately hoped for a little girl to complete our family - but how could we even think about that if Duncan couldn't climax inside me?"
"If I even win the lottery, I'll pay for a Designer Vagina operation!" I told Duncan. I made it sound more of a joke than it really was. When Duncan, a quantity surveyor, was at work, I was trawling the internet for a surgeon who could tighten me up inside - because one thing was for sure, the pelvic floor exercises were not having any effect.
When I discovered that surgery would cost at least £5000, my heart sank. But, against the odds, I was now pregnant again - so any decision would have to be put off until after the new baby was born. I knew I should talk to my GP, but I was too embarrassed."
"Then, on TV, Embarrassing Bodies did something on devices to exercise the pelvic floor, and I sent off for one immediately. It looked like a large clothes peg with an end like a penis to fit inside you, and springs to open and close the device using your vaginal muscles. I couldn't use it when I was pregnant so I kept it safe until after our beautiful baby girl Cherry-Belle was born last August. Then, as soon as I'd stopped bleeding, I started to use it. It was hard work and I had to stick to the exercises several times a week. But I wanted our first time after the baby to be extra special. If Duncan didn't notice a difference, I knew I'd be more upset than he was.
Once I noticed I was leaking less when I coughed, sneezed, ran and jumped, I knew my pelvic floor was tightening up the way I wanted it to."
"I scheduled a romantic evening with Duncan.
Not only did we both notice the difference, we had to use KY jelly to ease Duncan in because I was now so much tighter than before! Since then our sex life has been wonderful, and our whole relationship has improved because I'm happier in myself. I hadn't realized how snappy and short tempered I'd become until my mood lightened. I'm back in tight leggings, and don't have to worry about leaks. I feel attractive again and I can't stop talking about my weak pelvic floor now that it's strong again. Life has never been better!"
Shelley
Perfect was interviewed by Karen Evennett for That's Life (7 April 2011). Click
to view published article
"I'm a community midwife, so if anyone
knows about the pelvic floor, I do - I spend half my life talking about it.
But I was guilty of not checking the health of my own pelvic floor."
"It was easy to be complacent because,
despite having had three children, I didn't suffer from stress incontinence,
which is the most common sign of pelvic floor weakness, so I assumed that the
few exercises I was managing to fit into my busy life were doing the
trick."
"Then, about five years ago, I met my
partner, Paul, 42. One night I admitted that I was one of the millions of
women who had never experienced a vaginal orgasm. Some people don't believe
they're possible. He commented that I might have a better chance if I was more
toned inside. I was shocked - I hadn't realised I had a problem."
"I'd recently given birth to our daughter
Lily, two, and I asked if it had been worse since then. To my horror, Paul
said, gently, that it was just the same - he thought I'd reached my maximum
looseness before Lily!"
"He stressed that he wasn't complaining,
that he loved our sex life, but that he thought that we would both benefit if
I tried harder with my exercises."
"Although mortified, for me it was like
looking into a crystal ball and seeing a future I had a chance to avert - one
in which my pelvic floor could have continued to weaken as I aged. As well as
sexual dissatisfaction, a weak pelvic floor could lead to a prolapsed womb, or
a hernia of the bladder or rectum into the vagina."
"Even though I advise pregnant and
postnatal women online through my website www.mymidwife.co.uk,
I'd lost confidence in my ability to tone my pelvic floor - so I sent for a
PelvicToner (www.pelvictoner.co.uk), which is like a big clothes peg you
squeeze shut with your vaginal muscles."
"I began using it for a few minutes every
night and was soon doing more than 100 squeezes a day. Within a month Paul was
commenting on the difference - and two years on, I can happily report that
vaginal orgasms are definitely not a myth!"
As reported in "We saved our love
lives" Prima magazine Feb 2009. Claire Parry was interviewed by
journalist Karen Evennett
View
the article
Good morning, just wanted to
give you a bit of feedback on my PelvicToner which arrived this week...what a
super product. I've used it twice a day (180 reps on the extra set of springs
I ordered) and can already feel more awareness of the pelvic floor muscles..
it's like they've woken up since using them with the PelvicToner which
requires concentration and the correct use of the muscles is actually visible.
My pelvic floor muscles were
shot – I couldn’t laugh without feeling as if I was going to leak. I
started to feel the benefits of the PelvicToner after about a week, and
realised how connected those muscle are - not only to your bladder but also to
sexual sensation. I soon had enough stamina in the muscles to use them during
lovemaking to achieve orgasm, which I’d never been able to do previously.
I've had disturbed bladder
nerve sensation since a very serious attack of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in
January which also left me with an almost complete inability to achieve
orgasm...and I've made great strides in both departments this week alone!! I'm
so optimistic that I've discovered a method of helping myself without
(further) hospital intervention and all the associated emotional trauma.
I've always assumed my pelvic
floor would be strong as my babies weren't delivered naturally, but until I
used the PelvicToner, I didn't realise quite how much more supported my 'gynae
bits' should feel. Interestingly, since I've become aware of the pelvic floor
muscles using the PelvicToner, I've found that I can now tighten them (albeit
in a less controlled way) as I go about my daily routine as and when I
remember, and in doing so, seem to be becoming increasingly 'tuned in' to the
sexy sensations that produces...much to my boyfriend's delight! Ha ha!
Thank you!
Best regards Allie C
Prolapse surgery avoided
Five years ago at the age of 37 I had a
hysterectomy and vaginal repair due to a severe uterine prolapse and a
cystocele (bladder prolapsing into the vagina). All was well for four and half
years and then I started to experience a familiar feeling of dragging into the
vagina.
I visited my gynaecologist who confirmed that
the top of the vagina was once again descending into the lower part of the
vagina and sooner or later I would need further surgery. I am a busy mum of
four boys and have a part time job. There was no way I could afford the time
off work and the family. I was feeling very despondent.
I came across an article in the February
edition of Good Housekeeping about the PelvicToner and femetone. I went onto
the websites of each. I decided to try the PelvicToner as it was affordable
and seemed the better option.
I have been using my PelvicToner for four weeks
now and already there had been a noticeable difference. I can go for long
walks, and do not feel any dragging in the vagina. I have also noticed that I
don’t need to visit the toilet so often. At a recent visit to the doctors,
it was confirmed there was an improvement.
The PelvicToner is simple to use, you just need
15 minutes a day to achieve incredible results. I believe that if I continue
to exercise my pelvic floor muscles with the PelvicToner, surgery will not be
necessary and that I will also prevent any future bladder problems.
Heather W, Surrey March 2007
A gadget saved my sex
life
(extract from article in Woman's Own 18 Nov 2002)
Katie Young endured crippling
pain and depression as she battled with severe endometriosis. But despite
undergoing radical surgery and a difficult recovery, she is now enjoying life
- and love - with her fiance, and it's all thanks to an inexpensive little
product.
In October (2001), Katie, 30,
went into theatre for her operation, which, because of the delicate surgery,
took most of the day to perform. Thankfully, the news awaiting her recovery
when she came round was good. The surgeon had managed to laser off the
endometriosis from the bowel without the need for a colostomy - although part
of Katie's vagina and cervix had to be removed, making her vagina smaller and
shorter.
'Since the surgery,' explains
Katie, 'sex has been different for me. I can feel the scarring, and my pelvic
floor muscles are weaker, causing stress incontinence. Conor (her fiance) has
been fantastic - understanding and gentle. But when a friend told me about a
little gadget called the PelvicToner, it sounded as if it could help.'
'The PelvicToner is a
cylindrical-shaped device with a rounded top, divided through the middle -
rather like hair tongs. You insert it into the vagina to help isolate the
pelvic-floor muscles, using resistance to provide a mini-workout. As your
pelvic-floor muscles get stronger, you increase the resistance. I've been
using it for less than a month and I can already feel the difference in
strength and tone. Conor calls the exercises "pelvic push-ups". My
nightly workout has improved sensation for both of us - and I look on it as a
kind of preparation for sex!'
'I can hardly believe the way
things have changed for me in the last two years,' Katie says. 'I have my
health back, my own business, a gorgeous man, and a fantastic sex life. I must
be the luckiest woman in the world.'
Katie Young was interviewed
by top health journalist Deborah Dooley in September 2002
After only four days of using my Pelvic Toner I
am already noticing a huge improvement in the control of my bladder. I am both
amazed and delighted by the result and intend to carry on with daily
exercises.
The device has enabled me to identify my pelvic
muscle, something I had found impossible to feel or use prior to this. I can
even now continue my exercises throughout the day, whatever I am doing, which
is what my Continence Nurse has been encouraging me to do. I feel so
encouraged and excited that at last I shall be able to overcome my
embarrassing urinary incontinence problem, without surgery. I will keep you
informed of my progress.
I can tell that using the Pelvic Toner will
make my sexual relationship with my husband 100% better for us both, since my
pelvic muscle is becoming sensitive and responsive again. The best thing is
that it has already changed my negative feelings (caused by my incontinence
problems), into a very positive frame of mind. I know that my confidence will
return, so that I am not limited to constantly being in striking distance of a
loo!!
I have even been afraid to risk travelling into
town on a bus, and have not dared to take a holiday for the past two years.
Whilst I am very happy to recommend your
product to any woman experiencing difficulties, either with incontinence or
sexual relations, particularly following childbirth (something I remember VERY
vividly), I would prefer not to have my name or photograph used in
publications because it would embarrass me, and my family. Should you wish to
quote me anonymously, then I am quite happy.
With thanks.
Mrs M, 60
10 years ago I had a macro plastique injection, which worked for 9
years. 6
months ago my symptoms returned only worse, with very poor bladder control. I
went back to the same Urologist (privately) who recommended a TVA Sling. The
operation was awful, I took 7 weeks to recover, but my bladder problems appearde
to be over.
2 months later they returned only worse, my consultant told me not
to bother with pelvic floor exercises any more. Just use my brain to control the
bladder .
I insisted he refer me to a
physiotherapist that specialises in pelvic
floor, again privately, a complete waste of time, I was given a leaflet, nothing
else.
I did my own research on the internet and found the
PelvicToner. I
noticed an immediate improvement, it has changed my life.
I have total control
and the sensation of prolapse that I had for years has gone.
AN
Nov 2010
Gladys B feels as though her life has been
"transformed", after ten years of poor bladder control when all her
journeys outside the home were governed by the availability of a toilet, which
she was likely to need in a hurry.
First signs of improvement began within a week
of starting to use the PelvicToner, and after one month, the improvement was
"incredible". "I never went out shopping or on holidays without
a supply of incontinence towels. Now, I can take my granddaughter for a walk
and I don't have to worry how far I go. I feel I have my life back
again."
Bladder surgery failed to solve the problem;
pelvic exercise cones were relegated to the bottom of a cupboard as the
problem failed to clear. "I was always restricted in where I could go and
always had to wear an incontinence pad. I was terrified of having an
embarrassing accident."
The problem was so distressing that she felt
she had become "old". She took to buying dark clothes which were
less likely than lighter ones to show any telltale marks. "It was
affecting my whole life." Gladys and her husband were even considering
using their life savings on private surgery in America. Now, they can go on
holiday to new resorts, instead of only to Blackpool, where they know where
the loos are.
I don't have a problem now. After using the
PelvicToner on most days since September (2001), "I don't have a
problem," Gladys B says. "The other week, I took my granddaughter
aged 41/2 to school and we actually ran." This had previously been
impossible because there was on public lavatory on the route. "I am
looking forward to skipping with my grandchildren."
"To say the Pelvic Toner is marvellous is
an understatement. It is absolutely brilliant. It is incredible. I can't
praise it highly enough."
"In September, I saw this little piece in
my local paper, the Hartlepool Mail, about the trial of the PelvicToner and I
sent off to be on it. My letter was in the post within hours. I didn't think I
would be one of the lucky ones."
"I couldn't believe how quickly it worked.
It started to work within the first week. I kept it to myself because I
thought my mind was playing tricks on me. I didn't believe that in a week I
could see a difference, but it was true. It was incredible."
"I had a bladder repair four years ago.
Everything went well for the first three months, and then very rapidly I was
straight back to where I was in the beginning. I was really desperate not to
have another bladder operation." An earlier hysterectomy - needed for
other reasons - had failed to stop the urinary incontinence.
After the bladder repair surgery, Mrs B was
given a leaflet by the hospital on pelvic exercises, "but nobody
explained them. I tried doing them, but do not know whether I was doing them
properly or not."
"The key to this little gadget, the
PelvicToner, is in the booklet that they give you on how to use it. It says:
'Insert a finger into the vagina, and try to tighten the muscles around your
finger as if holding back urine. When you feel the pressure on your finger,
you are using the correct muscle. Remember that the abdominal and thigh
muscles should remain relaxed. Remember not to hold your breath and to breathe
slowly and deeply.'
"I felt a bit silly inserting a finger,
but you got the rhythm of how your muscles inside were working, so when you
inserted the little gadget, you knew you were just following straight on, and
that is how I quickly got the benefits."
"We always like Blackpool for our holidays
and it has become a family joke because I have all the toilets mapped out
there, and once I felt the need, I knew where to pop in to. But I always
carried a spare pair of knickers and a couple of towels in my handbag. I never
went anywhere without them for about ten years. Now, I've got three packs of
incontinence towels in the wardrobe that I'll never use."
"When I wakened in the morning, as long as
I lay in bed I was all right. The minute I touched the floor, I had to rush
straight to the toilet and sometimes I was leaking before I got there. That
used to cause me real distress. My husband used to say 'Nobody knows about it
but me' but it was still distressing and depressing."
"Now, if I go on holiday and want to keep
up with my exercises, this little gadget is so neat that I can pop it in my
handbag and nobody would know it is there. We went on holiday to Whitby,
Yorkshire, to celebrate my birthday. I went to the toilet at 8.15 a.m. before
we left the house and it was 2.15 p.m. before I went to the toilet again in
our hotel room. When I told my daughter, she couldn't believe it. She said 'Mam,
you have never been able to go that long before'."
"I said I'm just thrilled to bits. On
Saturday, we went to York for the day, and I had no problems whatsoever. It is
incredible that such a little gadget can make such a difference to my
life."
"The change in my life is
unbelievable."
Mrs Gladys B, 63, of Peterlee, County Durham
Former Lollipop Lady. Married, with a son, a daughter and five
grandchildren
Interview conducted by top health journalist
Clare Dover
In just a few words
"your" PelvicToner has worked wonders for me.
I just cannot believe it. I
have always had to wear a thick pad but after three weeks I am now down to
panty liners.
I would be willing to talk to
anyone if you wish me to. I think it's magic. You have made me a very happy
person. It's Great!!
Mrs J aged 65
Daily Mail 8 March 2011
Dr Sarah Jarvis, the highly regarded Media
Doctor and specialist in women's health wrote about the PelvicToner in the May
11 issue of Good Housekeeping.
New survey
reveals importance of active sex life for over 50s
According to a new survey of 1000 couples, sex
is the favourite activity of middle-aged couples. GP Andy Carson said:
"An active sex life is great for maintaining fitness levels. Over 50s
should look to doing physical activity at least three times a week - sex
definitely falls into that category."
Psychologist Craig Jackson said: "Until
recently magazines targeting this age group didn't touch upon the subject of
sex. But more talk of sex in popular literature has made talking about it and
having an active and sex life far more acceptable"
The survey, conducted by PelvicToner, was
reported on Loose Women, and in The Daily Mail, The Sun and The Daily Mirror on Friday 10 June.
The
PelvicToner has helped many couples revitalise their sex lives.
Why is the PelvicToner
so relevant today?
This extract from a Sunday
Times article 25 June 2011 puts everything into perspective "Many women see delivering a baby as an emotional high point and could not imagine missing a second of agonising pain, despite the fact that, according to the Lancet, up to one in three of them will afterwards suffer some form of incontinence, and up to one in six some form of sexual dysfunction.
In the 266-page Nice document are figures of 64% of women suffering sexual problems six months after childbirth, and a 21% risk of incontinence. An average figure of almost £7,000 is given for lifetime treatment of incontinence, and that is still assuming everyone dies by the age of 80. And fewer than two in three of the women affected actually see a doctor.
No treatment at all is suggested for sexual problems. “You do see a lot of British women with vaginas you could drive a bus up,” one woman obstetrician remarked graphically. “I think a lot of them just accept that forgoing sexual pleasure is the price they have to pay for having children.”
Mail on Sunday 31 July 2011
Click
here to read three excellent articles from the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror
and Woman's Own that all confirm the benefits that the PelvicToner can bring
to a flagging sex life!