Elvie Pelvic Floor Trainer

After pregnancy, your pelvic floor often isn't what it was. You notice it when you sneeze, when you lift your child, or the moment you start exercising again. Training helps — but it is hard to work muscles you cannot see.

The Elvie Trainer makes them visible. You insert the oval part, connect it to the app on your phone or tablet over Bluetooth, and watch on screen what your muscles are doing. Elvie reports noticeable improvement within four weeks, training five minutes a day, three times a week.

Your pelvic floor is a set of muscles that keeps your pelvis stable, keeps your bladder under control and plays its part in intimacy. Problems are more common than most women think: Elvie cites 1 in 3 women, and up to 80% of expectant and new mothers.

Exercising works, but only if you do it right. And that is the hard part — you see nothing, you feel little, and you don't really know whether you are engaging the right muscles. Many women bear down when the movement should go up.

• You insert the oval part; the flexible arm stays outside and holds it in place.
• The trainer connects to the free Elvie app over Bluetooth.
• Patented tilt technology measures not just the force but the direction of your contraction — and warns you the moment you squeeze the wrong way.
• The app turns it into a game, with six targeted exercises.
• Your progress is tracked, so you can see that it is working.

• A workout takes five minutes; Elvie recommends three times a week
• Six targeted exercises in the app
• Patented tilt technology recognises an incorrect contraction
• Seamless medical-grade silicone cover, with no exposed parts
• 100% waterproof, so it is easy to keep clean
• The case doubles as the wireless charger
• Designed for all body shapes; the extra cover adjusts the fit
• Winner of the Red Dot Design Award 2016, and according to Elvie recommended by more than a thousand health professionals

• Elvie Trainer
• Case, which is also the charger
• Extra cover for a roomier fit
• Micro-USB charging cable
• Quick start guide

• After giving birth: Elvie advises waiting at least six weeks and starting only after your postnatal check, with your healthcare provider's approval.
• During pregnancy or with pelvic floor problems: talk to your midwife, GP or pelvic floor physiotherapist first.
• With an IUD or IUS: safe to use according to Elvie — the silicone cover is seamless and no parts are exposed.
• Phone or tablet: the free Elvie app runs on Android 9 and later, and on iPhone with iOS 14 or later and iPad with iPadOS 14 or later, with Bluetooth Low Energy.
• Warranty: two years on the control module and ninety days on the washable parts.