Assessment and Treatment
Simple ways to assess yourself and plan your own treatment.
Pelvic floor muscle tone varies tremendously between individuals. It is impossible to tell by looking at someone from the outside how strong their pelvic floor muscles are likely to be. Although someone may go to the gym and appear fit and healthy they could have very weak pelvic floor muscles. Other women who never do regular exercise and would class themselves as ‘unfit’ may have stronger pelvic floor muscles. This is why pelvic floor exercises work best if they are tailor made to each individual.
Some urine leaks are caused by bladder problems and not because of pelvic floor weakness. Visit the Bladder Problems section of the site for guidance as to whether it's your bladder rather than your pelvic floor that is more likely to be causing the problem.
This section of the site will give you information about how to assess your own pelvic floor muscles. Once you have done this you will be in a better position to plan and progress your own treatment programme. Some women benefit from the use of muscle stimulation units and biofeedback treatments.
Assessment and Treatment
What's Biofeedback? - Checking and Progressing Your Pelvic Floor Exercise Technique
How to check that you're doing exercises properly, visualise the results, and monitor your progress at home.
How Can Electrical Stimulation Help My Pelvic Floor Muscles?
Is it really possible to stimulate a muscle using a machine? How does this type of treatment work and is it painful? Is electrical stimulation better than exercise and is it safe?
This post answers these questions as well as giving you information about how to get the maximum benefit out of this type of treatment.
Grade Your Pelvic Floor Muscles and Devise Your Own Treatment Plan
How do you work out a pelvic floor treatment plan that's most likely to be effective for you? Do exercises work by themselves or can different types of equipment be helpful?
This post will give you information about the types of treatments and exercises that can help reduce bladder leaks, improve your pelvic floor muscle tone and increase your sensation.
Assess Your Own Pelvic Floor Muscles (Video)
Do you know why it is so important to check your pelvic floor muscles? Would you like to be given 3 simple methods of assessing yourself? This post will give you information about effective ways of checking your own muscles. You will then be in a better position to decide what kind of treatments you want to use and work out your own unique exercise plan.