5 Signs You Need a Pelvic Floor Exercise Device (And How It Can Help)

Bladder leaks, reduced core strength, urgency, and pelvic heaviness are all common signs of pelvic floor weakness — especially after childbirth or during menopause. But many women don’t realise that pelvic floor exercises alone may not be enough if they’re not performed correctly.

Common Symptoms of a Weak Pelvic Floor

• Bladder leaks when coughing or sneezing
• Frequent urgency to urinate
• Difficulty fully emptying the bladder
• Reduced vaginal tightness
• Pelvic heaviness or dragging sensations
• Lower core stability

What Is a Pelvic Floor Exercise Device?

A pelvic floor exercise device is designed to help you strengthen and train your pelvic floor muscles more effectively.  You'll be familiar with traditional Kegel exercises performed without a device - where you squeeze and lift the muscles of the pelvic floor however many women struggle to know whether they’re performing them correctly especially if the muscles are already weak. Pelvic floor trainers help remove the guesswork.

Basic pelvic floor exercise devices often use biofeedback technology, allowing you to see or feel when you’re correctly contracting your pelvic floor muscles. This can help improve technique, consistency, and results.

For women experiencing symptoms of pelvic floor weakness — such as bladder leaks, urgency, or pelvic organ prolapse — an electronic pelvic floor toner may offer additional support. These advanced devices use gentle electrical stimulation to activate and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles automatically, making them ideal for women who find it difficult to perform effective Kegel exercises on their own.

Medical-grade devices such as the Kegel8 Ultra 20 Electronic Pelvic Floor Toner are designed specifically for safe and effective at-home pelvic floor rehabilitation. As a CE-marked medical device manufactured in line with MDR (Medical Device Regulation) standards, the Kegel8 Ultra 20 has been developed to support women experiencing bladder weakness, postpartum pelvic floor recovery, and menopause-related pelvic floor symptoms.

Recognised for its innovation and effectiveness, the Kegel8 Ultra 20 was also awarded Mumsnet Pelvic Toner of the Year 2026, highlighting its trusted reputation among women seeking safe and effective pelvic floor support at home.

5 Reasons You May Need a Pelvic Floor Exercise Device

1. You’re Not Performing Pelvic Floor Exercises Correctly

Just like all our other muscles, our pelvic floor muscles need exercise too. However, it’s not as easy to notice if you’re exercising these internal muscles correctly. Lifting weights strengthens our biceps – we know this because we can see the change in muscle tone over time. But, with the pelvic floor muscles inside of our body, it’s hard to tell if you’re exercising them correctly and effectively.

50% of women perform pelvic floor exercises incorrectly. Rather than pulling their pelvic floor muscles up towards their navel, some women push downwards, causing even more stress to the muscles. The best way to learn how to use your pelvic floor muscles correctly is through biofeedback. Biofeedback helps “teach” you how to perform pelvic floor exercises correctly by giving you instant feedback on your muscle contractions.

The Kegel8 Kegel Weights Exercise Set is a clinically proven pelvic floor training system designed to help you strengthen your pelvic floor muscles correctly and confidently. Featuring a unique indicator clip, the cones provide instant biofeedback, allowing you to see in real time whether you’re performing your Kegel exercises properly. When you correctly lift and contract your pelvic floor muscles, the tail of the cone gently moves downward — making it simple to track your technique and improve your results.

2. You’re Experiencing Bladder Leaks or Pelvic Floor Weakness

Whether it’s little leaks, rushing to the toilet, or even pelvic organ prolapse – it’s safe to say that your pelvic floor needs help, and it needs it fast.

If you’re already suffering and can’t perform an effective pelvic floor muscle contraction, your easiest option is an electronic pelvic floor toner. The best-selling Kegel8 Ultra 20 Electronic Pelvic Floor Toner has 20 clinically-proven programmes, developed with Specialist Physiotherapists, that target a variety of common pelvic floor related issues.

Kegel8 toners use neuromuscular electrical stimulation to target, exercise, and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and calm sensitive bladder nerves. We promise, this isn’t as scary as it sounds! Your body actually uses electrical signals all of the time to tell your muscles when to work and relax – Kegel8 toners replicate this action.

3. You Want to Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor Before Pregnancy

Pregnancy and childbirth take a huge toll on your pelvic floor – and your pelvic floor muscles play a huge part throughout the journey. During pregnancy, the pelvic floor muscles help to support the weight of your baby in the womb. In childbirth, your pelvic floor muscles actually help to move your baby into an effective birthing position.

That’s why it’s important to recognise the importance of your pelvic floor before conception. Strengthening your pelvic floor before and after pregnancy is vital. Electrical stimulation cannot be used during pregnancy, but it’s important to strengthen your pelvic floor prior to conception and after birth.

4. You Need Postpartum Pelvic Floor Recovery Support

If you’ve already had a baby, chances are your pelvic floor has been to hell and back. Around 1 in 3 women suffer from urinary incontinence postpartum. But over 75% of women who were incontinent after childbirth are still incontinent 12 years later! 

It’s important that you allow your pelvic floor muscles to rest following childbirth. We recommend that you wait until your postpartum check-up until you begin exercising your pelvic floor again. Relaxing the pelvic floor is also an important factor to remember. Over-exercising your pelvic floor muscles can lead to weakness – so make sure you know how to properly relax them. The Kegel8 Ultra 20 Electronic Pelvic Toner includes both ‘Work’ and, more importantly, ‘Rest’ phases in the programmes, ensuring that your pelvic floor is properly cared for. Read More: Postnatal Recovery: Regain Strength and Control with Kegel8

5. Menopause Can Weaken Your Pelvic Floor

If the hot flushes and night sweats aren’t bad enough, there’s another concern to add to your list of menopause symptoms. During the menopause, your oestrogen and collagen levels plummet significantly. This is bad news for your pelvic floor. The change in hormone and protein levels mean that the pelvic floor loses a lot of its strength and flexibility in a short amount of time.

This sudden weakness can bring on a whole host of pelvic floor disorders, including incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. That’s why, in the menopause more than ever, your pelvic floor muscles require crucial attention. If you don’t show any signs or symptoms of pelvic floor weakness, you still need to practice Kegel exercises every day to maintain your pelvic floor strength.

During menopause, hormonal changes can make the bladder more sensitive, leading to urgency, frequent trips to the toilet, and nocturia (waking in the night to urinate). Kegel8’s gentle NMES technology helps calm overactive bladder signals while strengthening the pelvic floor muscles — helping you regain bladder control, reduce sensitivity, and enjoy more uninterrupted sleep.

If you do, or begin to, suffer from pelvic floor weakness, make sure to take action immediately. The menopause is a wonderful period of change – don’t let your pelvic floor affect it.