We’re all familiar with the “Do your kegels” mantra of every OBGYN at your 6 week postpartum appointment. But clenching my pelvic floor muscles while sitting at red lights or while nursing gets tired. Using Perifit is a game changer… literally. With this beautifully designed device, you can play dozens of video games using your pelvic floor muscles!
You know that feeling when you get a brand new pair of … leggings (I was going to say sneakers, but who am I kidding?) and you want to put them on immediately? That’s how I felt when my Perifit arrived at my door. I loved that it is ready to go, right out of the box. No waiting for it to charge. The perifit device is a beautiful pink silicone wand and the app and wifi set up is so quick and easy so you’re ready to start your game moments after opening the box.
The concept is so cool that I really wanted it to be all that I’d hoped… and it was and more!
It is a device that you insert into your vagina, which is connected to an app via wifi. To play you contract or release your pelvic floor muscles, moving an avatar up or down, collecting points and avoiding hazards.
The app collects various parameters of your pelvic floor health to track your progress. The parameters include:
Force (how powerful the contraction of your PF muscles are, on average)
Stamina (your ability to keep a good contraction level towards the end of the exercise)
Release (how well you can relax your PF muscles)
Accuracy (how successful you are at the game- moving the avatar)
Frequency (the number of trainings in a 2 week period).
I am very competitive and loved trying to best my previous sessions every time. I ended up doing a lot more pelvic floor work than I would have otherwise because I’d want to play again and again to see if I could do better than my last time.
What I loved about the games is they were challenging. I was good at some aspects but definitely saw room for improvement on different parameters. It also collects information on superficial and deep pelvic floor muscles (did you even know there were two layers to your PF muscles?). Postpartum, and I suspect long before that, my deep muscles hardly registered. There is much improvement to be made and I will be using Perifit for awhile. It’s not a tool you’ll outgrow quickly.
Another feature I I highly valued is the emphasis on relaxation of the PF muscles. So often we’re told to focus on contraction, with kegels, to strengthen our pelvic floor muscles. But for many, our pelvic floor muscles are already very taut and need to be trained to relax. During the games you will be cued to release your PF muscles often and for long stretches during the game. Critical training IMHO!
I cannot recommend this product enough, not just because it’s a fun way to support postpartum pelvic floor recovery, but more importantly because it is effective. Training your PF muscles to both contract and relax effectively helps treat and prevent incontinence, proloapse, and other pelvic floor disorders, and improve intimate wellbeing and orgasm. It’s the gift that keeps on giving!
*Perifit sent me a free sample for me to try and review. But had I known about it before I’d have already purchased one! I absolutely love it!