Ladies! Why Emy is your pelvic floor’s best friend

If you have little [or big] oops moments, then Emy could become your pelvic floor’s best friend.

Who is Emy?

Emy isn’t a person, it’s a wireless kegel trainer! It has been designed by Fizimed with women’s bodies in mind to train the pelvic floor muscles.

Emy arrives nestled in a sleek white box. The actual kegel trainer is situated inside a charging unit which can be attached to the mains via USB. Emy is a blue conical shaped object that you are insert into your vagina much like, well, anything that is inserted there!

Emy arrives in a sleek white box

In order to use Emy, you need to download a free app which it connects to. This allows you to train your pelvic floor at home alone or via sessions with a health professional.

Pelvic Floor Exercises

Studies have shown that pelvic floor exercises are generally ineffective unless performed with biofeedback technology, which is a scientifically proven training method.

What is Biofeedback?

Emy is designed with pressure sensors so that it can precisely measure the strength of the pelvic muscles. The app works in tandem with it [it connects through bluetooth] to give visual information as to when to contract/relax and how well you are doing it.

The blue part of the device is inserted into the vagina and the white bit stays outside

My pelvic floor

Safe to say, I don’t go around pissing myself, however this wasn’t always the case. I never really thought about my pelvic floor until I was pregnant. I tried to do the usual pelvic floor exercises but life got in the way and then it all went to pot after giving birth anyway.

My pelvic floor has been strengthened since I started doing pilates. Don’t get me wrong, there have been times quite recently where I have had a little oops accident…usually whilst I have been doing strenuous exercise. This is probably due to the fact that I have had two children but as the pelvic floor is a muscle, I know that I need to keep exercising it to build strength and keep it strong.

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is probably the most important time when your pelvic floor exercises should not be ignored. Whilst the device itself should not be used whilst pregnant, you can use the free app that helps you with your pelvic floor exercises. The app holds exercises that train you to contract and release your muscles at your own pace.

Post partum pelvic floor

This wasn’t pretty. At all. Probably up to 12 weeks after having my second child, Rufus, I didn’t actually think I had a pelvic floor anymore. It hurt to try and hold it and I just felt so bruised in that area – perils of giving birth to a large baby!

I trialled Emy for three weeks

According to research, most women show improved results in their pelvic floor strength after this time.

How it works

Before you begin, the device must have been charged for at least two hours. When you first plug the device in, a blue light is present which turns off once it is fully charged.

When the device is charging, it emits a blue light

The app was downloaded onto my phone and I was asked me a few questions before we got started – such as age, weight, whether I have any accidents, level of exercise, when I last gave birth, etc and I was placed in the normal category. This meant that I needed to practice my exercises 3 times per week for 10 minutes each time. There was a reminder on the app too so I plugged that in and away I went.

I’ll be honest, it’s not the most comfortable thing to insert and keep in your vagina. I have pelvic issues anyway [I had severe PGP in pregnancy and during certain times of my cycle, notably during ovulation, my pelvis aches] so carrying out the exercises was not easy.

I managed to do them anyway and it did feel like I had done a workout afterwards. On days where I did not want to use the device, I just used the app. This was fantastic – most people say that they do their pelvic floor exercises but it is found that most do not comply with those exercises. Using the app helped to visualise what I was doing and it meant that I wanted to complete the exercises. Plus, the app is free!

I will definitely continue to use it – both with the device and without. There are too many benefits not to. I need to strengthen my pelvic floor which, along with pilates, will strengthen my core and the muscles around my pelvis to ensure that I have a strong pelvic area.

Emy will become your best friend

Emy can help you gain better control over your pelvic floor. The exercises have been designed by health professionals and help to visualise how much you should be contracting and relaxing. Your progress can be tracked and you can do the exercises at your own leisure.

It is not just for those who have had children – I know of friends who have weak pelvic floors and they have never been pregnant. It is also great for those people who have lower back pain because a strong pelvic floor can help relieve that tension. Apparently a toned pelvic floor can also help you to reach orgasm quicker…[I hear a rush of people googling Emy now!]

Another thing to note – whilst this is designed for women, the team at Fizimed have future plans to try and adapt the technology for men. Men have a pelvic floor however it is those men who have had invasive surgery, usually due to prostate related issues, who find they begin to have incontinence issues. The team want to eventually work on technology to help men in this area so watch this space!

If you want to try Emy out for yourself, then Fizimed are offering a discount of 20Euros with the code NOTJUST20

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Fizimed gifted the Emy kegel trainer in exchange for honest feedback on the blog and on social channels. All opinions are my own.