Perineal rehabilitation at home: what are the benefits?

All ages are affected by urinary leakage but there are still two periods during which you need to be more vigilant. After a vaginal or cesarean delivery, it is estimated that 20 to 30% of women have more or less significant urinary leakage. Menopause is also a risky period during which 30 to 40% of women will be affected by incontinence. These two periods lead to a loss of tone of the perineum which controls the opening of the urethra, vagina and anus.

Most of the time, in around 50% of cases, it is stress incontinence. The effort, which can occur when running, coughing, sneezing or carrying a heavy load, puts pressure on the abdomen. It then causes a more or less significant leak of urine.

In a quarter of cases of incontinence, we speak of urgency. Also called urinary urgency, this urinary leakage is defined by an urgent need to urinate that cannot be held back.

There are also cases of mixed incontinence, when the person suffers from both types of incontinence mentioned above.

In addition to the fact that these cases of incontinence cause extremely disturbing symptoms for the people who experience them, they also have other consequences. Depression, anxiety... there are numerous impacts on the quality of professional, personal, or even sexual life in people suffering from incontinence (Source).

They are in no way definitive and can be treated very quickly and effectively.

As explained Odile Bagot, gynecologist in Strasbourg :

"There is no age to rehabilitate your perineum. You can work on it up to the age of 80 and even later if necessary! The perineum is not only worked during pregnancy, it is a muscle that is used throughout life and which must be taken care of. You should especially talk to your healthcare professional in the event of incontinence!"

The perineum is a set of muscles that must be maintained on a daily basis. If you don't know how to contract your perineum, Do not hesitate to go to a healthcare professional. He will guide you and give you the right instructions to contract it correctly. Often, women think they are contracting their perineum when they are actually contracting their abdominals or glutes.

Once you know how to contract your perineum correctly, you can continue at home. Solutions exist, and they are numerous!

Rehabilitation of the perineum should, as much as possible, go through a visit to your healthcare professional to learn how to contract your perineum correctly. But there are many reasons why some women cannot go to a health professional: medical desert, lack of time, fear of talking about it...

There are also perineal gymnastics sessions which any woman can attend. Once again, we often think, wrongly, that these sessions are reserved for women who have just given birth. Every woman can participate if she finds one near her home.

Fortunately, there are also solutions to tone and strengthen your perineum at home and to practice perineal rehabilitation independently at home.

Biofeedback, like electrostimulation, are 2 methods used by health professionals. This is why, after having done a few sessions with a practitioner, it is possible to continue the exercises at home using a probe.

In the case of biofeedback, probes exist such as the Emy perineal probe, and allow you to work the perineal muscle in the same way as you exercise the abdominals. Thanks to a fun mobile application, you follow the voluntary contractions of your perineum in real time on your smartphone. It is you who works your perineum around the probe.

The latter only serves as a contraction “sensor” and tells you if you are performing your exercises correctly. The probe receives your contractions and sends them to the application which records your progress and evolution. Biofeedback remains a very effective solution that improves the resistance of your perineum in the long term.

Learn more about the Emy Trainer probe

The company Fizimed has developed a perineal biofeedback probe so that women can regain control of their perineum having fun .

They can thus peacefully carry out their perineal rehabilitation sessions at home. This little blue probe is a medical innovation 100% French which allows all women without distinction to do their perineal rehabilitation at home.

The Emy medical device is designed for autonomy: you can train in all positions (standing, sitting, lying) while visualizing your progress directly in the application.

This fun and effective approach is the guarantee of constant motivation so that women can continue their perineal rehabilitation easily at home.

Discover Emy Trainer

L'application gratuite "Emy – Exercices du périnée" est une solution développée en étroite collaboration avec des professionnels de santé, garantissant son sérieux et sa crédibilité.

Elle propose 8 programmes personnalisés qui s'ajustent à votre progression grâce à des algorithmes intelligents.

Ainsi, vous bénéficiez d'un suivi sur mesure basé sur des protocoles médicaux validés et utilisés par les experts, assurant une rééducation en autonomie efficace.

Emy is designed for any woman wishing to strengthen her perineum and gain comfort. The solution is particularly suitable if you recognize yourself in one of the following situations:

• You wish reduce urinary leakage on a daily basis.
• You are in postpartum (recovery after childbirth) or in care pathway perineal.
• You are in a period of menopause and look for a prevention or reinforcement solution.
• You are affected by a prolapse (organ descent) stage 1 or 2.
• Are you looking for a practical, autonomous and efficient solution at home.
• You just want improve the tone of your perineum for more fulfilling intimate relationships.

I recognize myself in one of these situations

Efficiency is there with the Emy Trainer probe: in just 15 to 20 minutes, three to four times a week, you will begin to feel quickly the concrete benefits of training on the tone of your pelvic floor.