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We have been asked by the team at lights by TENA to find out your top tips for remembering to do pelvic floor exercises.

lights by TENA say "We all know, improving your pelvic floor tone reduces your chances of experiencing little leaks through strengthening those vital muscles - we'd love to know how MNers remember to find the time to do them. What's more we have developed a new app - available here to download!"

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Thanks and good luck
MNHQ
PS how many have you done since opening this thread?

This thread makes me so happy.

Bloody good for Tena - positive action can change everything!

So, science says hold for count of 10 and then 10 quick flicks three times a day, every day, for 3-4 months, then, once a day, every day unitl you die. 80% cure rate for stress incontinence, so, sneeze away!

Gotta relax it too, "Let it go, let it goo-oo"

If you need a bit of nagging - @gussiegrips. I tweet, you twitch your twinkle. You will, you know...

In a lift. Hold in between floors while trying not to grimace at fellow passengers!

Following Gussie's post, it's just occurred to me that it's either rather stupid or heroically public spirited of Tena to be promoting something that could put them out of business. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and a round of applause.

I have to say I do them very very rarely. I have ,,leaking,, problem and wear pads every day. Very good protection. Always make me feel safe and quite confident.

Do them during emmerdale

Its a good thing to do while waiting for the kettle to boil and since I'm doing that many times a day its a great habit to get into!

I do them while brushing my teeth & try to remember to do them when I'm eating breakfast too.

Try and do then every time you stop at a red light, my yoga teacher drummed into us the importants of these exercises when we did pregnancy yoga with lift visualisations. Really helped I found post birth getting back into shape in that area.

Finding a memorable parallel activity is the key. I always do mine when washing up, it's almost subconscious these days. After two giant babies I've seen an incredible difference after a few months of squeezing while doing the pans.

I clean my teeth twice a day and do my pelvic scrunchies at the same time

Seeing a thread about them is a good reminder in itself

I only remember when I see Tena Lady's in the supermarket...which probably isn't your marketing strategy to be fair, but it works for me!

From now on, I'm going to get squeezing every time I wash my hands so I get a rock hard pelvic floor instead of one that is not a friend of anything more energetic than a brisk walk.

I do it often after going for a pee, or if anyone mentions them.

I set a reminder on my phone after having my second daughter haha

I do them when I have an argument with my DH...I wonder if it's a good or bad thing that mine are very, very strong?

I do some when brushing my teeth am & pm everyday and then once a week when I'm watching DS's football lesson I do quite a lot. Have been doing them for years now so can do them standing up no problem.

Are you considering adding the health promotion advice that Gussie recommended (and offered to help with) on the last thread that you started? I really think that should form the basis of any promotional/marketing strategies developed for these products.

Why not put reminders on the products themselves? My physio has advised that after going to the toilet is a really good time to do the pelvic floor exercises, ie after you have just engaged with the muscles involved. Also, it can help to encourage the pelvic floor to close everything off.

A reminder on the product could be a great opportunity to encourage women to do their exercises at a key moment of the day.

I try to do them at traffic lights but forget. Must download the app...

Oh, while waiting for the green man at road crossings

I stuck little orange dot stickers on my kettle, bathroom mirror and cat food jar. Start squeezing whenever I see an orange sticker.

I also do them just whenever I am bored, as I find they make me quite horny so pass the time very pleasantly.

Every time I wash dishes for some reason I remember, as I have lots of dishes I've got some mighty fine pelvic floor muscles, not bad after 4 kids!

Doing my pelvic muscles on my own has the wrong effect, it makes me feel .........OOh, so I practise them in bed!

catsofa glad to see I am not the only one!

set an alarm!