Is it a big kerfuffle to get an electronic pelvic floor toner on the NHS?

[TensAndTens]

I'm sick of pissing myself. When I sneeze, laugh, jump and now during sex :(

I don't even want to be intimate.

I try to do pelvic floor but the sensation makes me feel sick, like when you go over the top of a roller-coaster.

Years ago before it was this bad I bought a pelvic toner and I could tolerate it much easier than manual ones but I didn't keep up with it.
I then went on to have a 4th child.

I can't afford to buy one now. My circumstances have changed a lot.

I don't want to go through 9 months of physio that I can't do to get a pelvic toner.

Do they just prescribe them or do you have to do lots?

Or can I hire one?

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Sad, leaky bump 😢

I believe from needing physio after my last DC there’s the ability to buy one through women’s physio, or hire one. They weren’t free.

Go and talk to your GP (a female one if that’s easier for you). Ask for a referral to a women’s physio. They will examine you and teach you how to do pelvic floors possible. I’ll be frank, the examination is internal. They will put a couple of fingers inside while you squeeze so they can check you’re doing it properly. Then they’ll give you exercises to do at home.

It needs to be a specialised women’s physio. There is so much they can do to help you. You don’t need a machine.

I’ve been seeing someone for a few months and she has made a big difference. We all think we know how to do pelvic floors but there’s a skill to doing them properly.

If you’ve had four children, the examination won’t bother you.

You can get something called a kegel8 on prescription. It's not electronic though. I work in a dispensary and have never come across an electric pelvic toner on script. There are a couple of different manual pelvic toners that effectively "teach" you to use your pelvic muscles properly in order to exercise effectively and strengthen them.

to you op, I know how crap it feels. I have a bit of a leaky issue. I was dismissed out of hand when I spoke with my GP about ten years ago. I was about a stone and a half overweight so told to lose weight and sent away. I was only 21yrs old and I felt miserable with it. I've since had two more kids and put on ++weight. My pelvic floor certainly hasn't improved, that's for sure.