Giddy | How to Know if You Need A Pelvic Floor Trainer

Do you need a Pelvic Floor Trainer?

Your pelvic floor is an integral aspect of your core. And due to its foundational purpose within our body, any dysfunction there can impact your wider physical and mental health, says owner of Femina Physical Therapy, Dr. Heather Jeffcoat. Moreover, "if we lose these functions, it can affect your ability to exercise and maintain social and intimate relationships, with outcomes from bladder leakage to sexual dysfunction."

Giddy writer, Annabel Lee talks with Dr. Jeffcoat and other experts about the importance of pelvic floor trainers. And no, I don't just mean Kegel exercises. 

Some of the different types of pelvic floor trainers:

• Smart pelvic floor trainers (i.e., biofeedback technology)
• Weighted pelvic floor trainers (for example, weighted balls)
• External pelvic floor trainers, such as strengthening exercises 

Read the full article for more information on the different types of pelvic floor trainers, and who they could benefit.

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