Want to improve your pelvic floor strength after baby? Our panel of Women’s Fitness mums round up five products that could help tone this important muscle group

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Elvie Trainer Smart Kegel Exerciser

Women’s Fitness verdict

The smart Elvie Trainer syncs with an app that uses gamified Kegel workouts to track correct pelvic floor contractions, and it’s this precision of contractions that strengthens the intimate muscles
Pros
  • Can progress through the levels, from Training to Advanced
  • Feminine, modern and discreet
  • Game-style workouts make Kegel exercises more appealing
  • App goals and phone reminders make progress achieveable
  • Provides instant feedback on both muscle relaxation and muscle contractions
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P.volve P.ball

Women’s Fitness verdict

Sits in-between your thighs with the outer band wrapping around your legs – a design that provides constant resistance in every direction, providing just the right amount of squeeze to work
Pros
  • Also works the inner thighs, ab and glute muscles
  • Access to Pvolve’s on-demand library of workouts, which includes pelvic floor-strengthening sessions
  • Provides a home-based workout programme
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INTIMINA KegelSmart 2

Women’s Fitness verdict

A ‘personal trainer for the pelvic floor’, designed by gynaecologists and pelvic health experts to guide users through a pelvic floor routine with gentle vibrations that get gradually more challenging
Pros
  • Uses touch-sensor technology to choose a level suited to your specific pelvic floor strength
  • If pelvic floor muscles get weaker, the device automatically reduces levels to not overexert them
  • An affordable product sure to improve pelvic floor strength through regular use
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INTIMINA Laselle

Women’s Fitness verdict

Designed to help users contract and lift their pelvic floor muscles correctly, the three exercisers come in different weights, and can be used individually or linked together to increase the weight
Pros
  • Provides a total of six weight options
  • Use load rather than vibration to strengthen pelvic floor muscles
  • The focus is on encouraging the correct ‘lift and squeeze’ Kegel technique
  • A very affordable Kegel exercise option
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Issviva Menopause by Joylux Vaginal Rejuvenation Device

Women’s Fitness verdict

Designed to help tackle incontinence and vaginal laxity mainly for women in menopause, but there’s no reason why younger women can’t use it to help regain vaginal tone after having had a baby
Pros
  • The first home-use CE-marked medical device
  • A combination of light energy from red and infrared LEDs, thermal heat and therapeutic vibration
  • Helps rebuild collagen to improve vaginal tissue laxity
  • Comfortable to insert
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