Squeezy for women: NHS pelvic floor app | By NHS and Living With Ltd |
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Squeezy for women: NHS pelvic floor app
Squeezy for women: NHS pelvic floor app
- An app to help women do exercises to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles.
The app comes with a preset exercise plan comprising 10 slow exercises followed by 10 quick repetitions. You need to set your reminders so you can easily remember to do your exercises throughout the day. You are recommended to these 3 times a day (or as directed by your pelvic health specialist). The app has visuals of balloons with different colours indicate when you should squeeze and relax. The app also has a sound or vibrate mode.
For the app description go to Google Play(external link), iTunes(external link) or the app website(external link) and for a detailed review, see reviews below.
(Living With Health, UK, 2018)
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✔ Developed with input from Women’s Health Physiotherapists, uses evidence-based research and is approved by the NHS (public health system in the UK). |
✘ Costs $6.49 |
Clinical review
Reviewer: Jeremy Steinberg, GP, RNZCGP
Date of review: September 2018
Platform: Android
Version: 2.5.0
Comments: This app is useful for women with weak pelvic floors, especially those with incontinence. It is designed to help women do pelvic floor exercises, and it does this very well. It is particularly useful for women with stress incontinence. It allows for a self-guided or physiotherapist-guided exercise program, with extensive information, instructions and reminders. There is also a bladder diary section. It is very high quality and it appears that a great deal of effort has gone into its development. There is no free version available, but I think it is good value at $6.49.
The main downside that I could see was that there was no section on bladder retraining for those with urge incontinence.If you’re a man get the men’s version called “Squeezy Men."
Safety concerns: No safety concerns. There is information about when you should see your doctor.
New Zealand relevance: The app is developed for the NHS in the UK, however it is still definitely relevant for the NZ context. It also has links to relevant organisations in NZ.
Resources
Squeezy(external link) NHS UK
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