So you’ve decided that you are ready to work on your pelvic floor muscle strength.

You want to do this on your own and are wondering what products are out there to help.  You’ve done a little research but you are overwhelmed with the volume of products to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles . What products are out there to help you with your pelvic floor strength?

I’m just going to talk about the different categories of products to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles..  Here we go.

1. Vaginal weights- There are all different types of weight out there. These help you strengthen the muscle.  You have to be able to contract your muscles to use them.  The extra weight helps some women identify the muscle and makes it easier to do the contraction.
2. Peritrainers- These devices measure the muscle strength as you contract the muscle. This gives you some biofeedback.  They tell you when the muscle is getting stronger.  They will often give you different exercise routines to help strengthen the muscle.  You have to be able to contract your muscle.
3. Muscle stimulators- these devices stimulate the muscle. You don’t actually have to contract the muscle on your own, the device will do it for you.  There are different technologies that cause muscle stimulation.  The most common uses an electrical stimulation.

Which product is the best?  There isn’t really one.  It really depends on you, what you want and how well your muscles work.  I like the idea of strengthening your muscles, figuring out how to use the muscles and then incorporating that into routine workouts.  Using a muscle stimulator works but it doesn’t teach you how to use your system.  I wonder if that makes it less of a long term solution (there isn’t any long term data to guide us here).  Weights are the least technical but they are also the most economical option.  Stimulators work well for women that have had some sustained muscle damage from a child birth.

One of my long term goals is to get reviews from women who have tried different products.  It would be so helpful to have all the reviews in one place to help you make your product choice!