The Perineometer - The Ultimate Pelvic Toner
Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2010
by Keira Benson
A form of pelvic toner which records the strength of the user's pelvic floor contractions is known as a perineometer. It is a great aid in ensuring that Kegel exercises are performed correctly.
Over half a century ago, Dr Arnold Kegel, the famous gynaecologist found out that repeatedly contracting the pelvic floor muscles had a positive effect on problems with stress incontinence.
Rather than 'pulling up', a lot of women push down as if they are trying to deliver a baby. This is the complete opposite of what they are trying to achieve and causes the condition to worsen.
Dr Kegel discovered that if women were able to visualise the effect of the squeeze, they mastered the contractions far more quickly and so he developed an air-filled vaginal sensor connected to a pressure gauge. They flexed the muscles and were able to watch the strength of the squeeze via a display.
Scientists took Dr Kegel's original design and produced more sensitive tools, some of which measure the electrical activity within the muscles, but these devices were too expensive to be available to anyone other than medical professionals.
However, these days, there are new models available for home use which are assisting around 80% of women who suffer with stress incontinence to regain control because, as soon as you have learned how to 'squeeze, lift and hold' your pelvic floor, you will be able to 'pull up' prior to coughing or sneezing and prevent an accidental leak.
With the aid of a feedback device like the perineometer, mastering this skill will take a week or two and then, after a month of daily exercising, you will be back in control.
When a woman has acquired the ability to do the basic contractions, she can then observe the development of her skill through the first small flickers of power to steadily increasing readings.
The visible representation of her improving muscle strength via the data from the perineometer keeps her sufficiently motivated to try to achieve the goal of a perfect ten - ten pelvic floor pull ups that reach ten on the indicator scale and hold for ten, with a ten second rest between each contraction.
And the results of this achievement will also be reflected in the bedroom in the form of multiple orgasms.
Men, however, should not feel that these devices are aimed exclusively at women because a man who has control over his pelvic muscles holds the key to delaying his moment of ejaculation since those muscles are linked directly to the sperm duct.
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Keira Benson is committed to helping other men and women to improve the health of their pelvic floor.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)This is an interesting article. It will be helpful to me, thanks.Hey JenniferThe different types of pelvic toner are really helpful in ensuring that you do the exercises correctly. Ive been amazed at how many women give up because they see not improvement purely because they're not working the right bit! Having something to clench around makes all the difference.Keira x
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