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thread: Has anyone got a tried & true method to remembering to do pelvic floor exercises?

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    Jun 2008
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    Has anyone got a tried & true method to remembering to do pelvic floor exercises?

    I need to do pelvic floor exercises more often. The sneeze/cough/running/leaving it a bit long consequences are getting embarassing. I need a way to remember to do them. Anyone got a way that works?

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    In bed before you get up or before sleep.

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    Mar 2006
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    a reminder in the ph to go off every hour?

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    I do them whenever I am on the phone... It has now just become habit - for a while I had a postit on my phone at work saying "in, out" and the joke was that I talk so fast on the phone I have to remember to breathe...if only they knew the real meaning...

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    Dec 2007
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    Why don't you do them for 2 minutes every time you see a spunky guy? Hey, it is easy to remember ;p I seem to be doing them constantly, so I am not much good. How about when you are washing the dishes or chopping veg for dinner?

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    Feb 2009
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    My friend has PFE written on her bathroom door so you see it every time you are on the loo!

    There's always 'pelvic floor exercise' magnets at the community health centre where I go for my psych appointments, I take heaps of them and give them to my female friends haha they are good little reminders though!!

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    Threads like this remind me

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    Dec 2008
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    A friend of mine had a poem about them on the back of her toilet door.

    Pelvic Poetry

    To tone those muscles down below
    Remember this poem when you go
    When taking a visit to the loo
    This is what you should do

    Take a seat and start to go
    Then stop and hold in mid-flow
    Repeat, three or four times or more
    Think of the benefits to your pelvic floor

    If your in a pregnant state
    Do not think you can't relate
    If we don't keep up our nagging
    You may find your muscles seriously sagging

    By looking after your pelvic floor
    The enjoyment of sex is so much more
    With those muscles nice and tight
    This will add to his delight

    So, don't forget to stop and start
    Use your head, be really smart
    Continue for life and don't forget
    When your old, you won't be wet.

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    um.....maybe TMI.... but I also do them when DTD ......


    ...DH doesn't seem to mind

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    I had to do abdom muscle exercises and would do them in the car. Certain markers that i drove past regularly would remind me.

    i read something about kegels not being the best exercises to do for the pelvic floor..... hopefully someone else has more info.

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    I went to a friend's house not long ago and she has post it notes near her home phone, toilet paper in the toilet and the kettle that says PELVIC FLOOR. I assume each time she see's one she remembers to do them. I had a good laugh and then promptly did some exercises!

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    When I go to the toilet.

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    I do them every time I see an advertisement for incontinence pads on tv. Which always seems to be during Masterchef.

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    I do them every time I see an advertisement for incontinence pads on tv. Which always seems to be during Masterchef.
    so you can avoid your apricot undies?

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    Hmm doing pfe everytime I go to the loo would be a good idea. But then I'd turn up at birth looking like the hulk down there

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    Lol. I'm no hulk. But weeing involves relaxing the pelvic floor, which puts me in mind of needing to strengthen it as well, so I do a few while I'm there. Not always, but often enough that it seems to do the trick.

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    Squats are actually better for your pelvic floor because they promote strong flexible muscles.

    See this interview with a biomechanical scientist http://mamasweat.blogspot.com.au/201...e-not.html?m=1

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    I do them in the shower. Standing is the hardest to do before jogging/jumping etc. I figured I'll try to do them as long as I can whilst in shower.


    Sent from my smart phone using Tapatalk.(Occasional fat fingers syndrome might occur)

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