Female Urinary Incontinence

Female Incontinence

Stress incontinence often follows menopause or childbirth. Medical research has shown that sufferers of stress incontinence have an 80% positive outcome rate by strengthening their pelvic floor. Don't turn to medications or surgery as your first option. Learn about pelvic floor health and doing kegel exercises. This page is here to help you!

More than 100 publications have been peer reviewed and published since the late 1980’s on stress incontinence. The majority of these studies show that pelvic floor strengthening is an effective alternative to medication and/or surgery. The devices we recommend for female incontinence use different methods to achieve the same desired result of strengthening the pelvic floor. The Pelvexiser and the PMTx work with air pressure in the sensor and have biofeedback and all three are therefore very good options. The Kegelmaster uses progressive resistance from springs to strengthen the pelvic floor.The Pelvexiser has the widest variability in pressure settings for devices with low and medium resistance, while the Kegelmaster has the highest variability in settings (ranging from difficult to very difficult). We also recommend the Kegel exercise weights and the Step Free Weights for female incontinence, which have a set of different weights, which the user can progressively increase to exercise the pelvic floor. However even the heaviest weights are easy to exercise with for some customers.Within the weights the Kegel exercise weights have the widest range of weights and do not need to be individually assembled.

Recommended Devices for Continence

	Price	Adjusteable Resistance	Sensor Type or Weight	Biofeedback	Overall Ranking
Pelvexiser	$54.95		3 exchangeable sensors: length: all are 2.5" long; width: 0.7", 1.1" and 1.4"		9.0
Kegel Exercise Weights	$54.95		length 1.8" long, 0.9" wide (6 weights from 0.5-5 ounzes)		8.5
Stepfree Weights	$59.90		1.8" long, 0.8" wide; weights have to be assembled (5 weights; 1-3 ounzes)		8.0
Kegelmaster	$94.90		sensor is 4" long and 1 1/8" wide: 4 exchangable springs		7.5
PMTx	$44.95		sensor is 2" long, 0.8" wide		6.5
Kegelcisor	$74.95		15.2 ounces; smaller end is 7/8", larger end is 1" 1/8,		4.0
Kegel Enhansor	$74.95		5.6 ounces;smaller end is 3/4" wide, larger end is 1" wide		4.0
Energie	$44.95		14.08 ounces; smaller end is 1.7", wider end 2.5" wide		4.0
Kegelpro	$39.95		3" long by 1 1/4" wide, one spring		4.0
Pyrex Barbell	$49.95		0.8 ounces; 4.4" long, large end is 1 1/4" wide, small end is 3/4" wide		4.0