Kegal8 or Perifit kegal exerciser

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Does anyone have any experience with either of thes devices. I just need to tighten everything up a little after kids and would like to sneeze and cough confidently.
al reviews welcome.

No one?

See a private women’s health physio or go on YouTube to look up exercises to repair your pelvic floor after childbirth. Pilates is especially good for mastering the right sort of breathing and pelvic stability for exercise. It involves so much more than just squeezing (ie repair and strengthen your core, your glutes etc too). I’m sure those devices are useful to monitor progress or in conjunction with appropriate exercises.

I have a kegel8 have used it on and off for years.

I do Pilates most days but the kegel8 is on a different league!!

@MeridaBravewould you recommend it?

Yes. It really does help. It’s not the most pleasant sensation though. I used it post partum and now back to using again at menopause. I do Pilates most days, this is a different league.

I have a kegel8 and used it for many years on and off, mostly off because you have to be sitting down to use it (it says you can use it moving around but I never worked out how to stop the expensive device falling and smashing to the ground) and obviously you have to locate and insert the thing first, replace the batteries regularly, and then you have to turn it off and remove it if you need to answer the door or something, so lots of barriers to using it that one can use as excuses if you’re like me. I have found far more benefit from doing regular kegel exercises with the NHS Squeezy app. It gives you reminders and a progress chart to encourage you, and you can do it anywhere. I noticed a big difference in a few weeks which has continued.

I can use it walking around, infact I find it uncomfortable sitting - either I need to lay down or stand. If you wear underwear and trousers there is no risk of it falling out.

It’s not the falling out, it’s what to do with the device (not the bit you insert). It has a clip for your clothes but I don’t trust it, and it’s so heavy it pulls your clothes down. Walking round with it in your hand with wires leading to your nethers is awkward when you’ve got older DC in the house too.

Ok I have no issue taking a bit of time three times a day. So ong as it’s easy enough to use and actually works.

Would you mind posting a picture of the app. I can only find corporate ones or an NHS app that has to be recommended by a clinician. Thank you!

Kegel8 was excruciating for me, despite my physio trying it on different settings. I mean it reduced me to tears.

I just do some kegels now plus post partum abs workouts and glute stuff which also helps my knee pain.

Pilates is good and works brilliantly but is super dull. And I do feel that it needs to be done more than once a week. I like Lottie Murphy for pilates and Lauren fitter for post partum abs/glutes.

The squeezy app is useless if you just swipe it away which I ended up doing.

I now have female physio on my favourites on Facebook reels and she pops up twice a day to get me to do kegels. And she mixes it up too.

Here is the squeezy app

Perifit is good- the games are genuinely fun. You still have to remember to do it though, it’s easy for life to get in the way

I absolutely love my Perifit! Like Shiver, I think the games are fun, and the re-calibration with each use ensures that the device is providing precisely the kind of biofeedback you need to make progress.
I've been using mine since the summer -always a pleasure, never a chore- and it has really improved my pelvic floor tone. Part of that has been learning to relax my pelvic floor; mine is chronically tight which has caused all sorts of issues in perimenopause. Perifit coaches relaxation as well as contraction, and I'm sure a big part of the improvement I have seen is learning to recognise the difference. I warmly recommend the Perifit.

I've just started with Perifit+ and am much more likely to use it than just doing exercises myself. The app reminds me if I forget to do it. I had some problems at first but have worked out I need to sit on a hard chair or toilet seat, and insert it higher than I thought (with some waterbased lube). The games are fun if repetitive, and it's good to get feedback on your strength in grams.
However I can't say how effective it is as only had it a few weeks.

Many thanks for confirming.

I bought a perifit a few years ago and found it such a faff. The gaming aspect is just a gimmick and I often wondered if I was doing it right.

I bought a kegel8 a couple of years ago and like it - it takes the guesswork out of the exercises as it provides the stimulation. K still do regular exercises too but definitely noticed an improvement.

I tend to use it at bedtime.

I used a Kegel8 for 18 months, and my incontinence got worse rather than better.

I bought the Perifit in September this year and have already noticed a genuine improvement in my ability to get to the toilet in time.

Perhaps it is something about the visuals on the phone screen giving precis feedback so my pelvic floor is learning to move in mysterious ways controlling the movements.