Pelvic Floor First

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The Pelvic Floor First App is designed to help you exercise while keeping your pelvic floor safe. It provides different exercises and workouts that are considered 'pelvic floor friendly' where minimal pressure is applied to the pelvic floor muscle.

Features:

- Create customised workouts

- Listen to the music on your phone during workouts

- explanatory videos and step-by-step instructions for exercises

- Save your favourite exercises

- Find links and further information

- Share the app with your friends

NOTE - please ensure you allow the app data access as videos will be downloaded when you first watch them.

The app is ideal for people at risk of or experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction, but who want to get back into exercise or keep exercising. Many standard exercises can place increased pressure on the pelvic floor muscle, leading to stress incontinence during exercise, or increasing the risk of incontinence.

Incontinence can be prevented, cured or better managed by following the right advice. To combat the large numbers of people experiencing urinary leakage during exercise, the Continence Foundation created the Pelvic Floor First program to educate consumers and fitness professionals about how to avoid pelvic floor problems.

Given research shows a strong link between certain kinds of exercises and pelvic floor problems, Pelvic Floor First aims to encourage pelvic floor safe exercises to reduce the risk of bladder and bowel problems. Exercises contained in this app are all pelvic floor safe.

Common signs that can indicate a pelvic floor problem include:

• leaking urine when you exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze

• needing to hurry to the toilet or not making it there in time

• constantly needing to go to the toilet

• finding it difficult to empty your bladder or bowel

• accidentally losing control of your bladder or bowel

• a prolapse

• pain in your pelvic area, or

• painful sex

Anyone experiencing any of these symptoms should seek advice from a health professional or call the National Continence Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 to speak with a continence nurse advisor. The Continence Foundation recommends people embarking on an exercise program should first consult with a health professional.

ABOUT

The Continence Foundation of Australia is the national peak body for continence awareness, management, education, research and advocacy in Australia.

For more information visit pelvicfloorfirst.org.au or continence.org.au.