Use Instructions

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5. DOING YOUR EXERCISES
How to exercise
Pelvic Floor Contraction
You should see a health professional if you have difficulty identifying the
correct muscles, are unsure if you are performing the exercises correctly or
continue to experience symptoms.
Exercise Basics
In a lying position, relax your stomach and other muscles, and breathe
normally. Envision stopping the flow of urine or the passing of gas and
squeeze those muscles. The feeling should be of a lift and squeeze action.
If you're unsure of this lift and squeeze, place a finger on the tip of the
device that is sitting in front of your pubic bone once inserted. As you pull
in the muscles, this tip should move forward away from your finger and
towards the floor if you're lying down.
Then completely relax the muscles and the probe tip should return to the
original position. If muscles are very weak, this may be a small movement.
If performed correctly, a contraction should not result in movement of the
stomach - place a hand on your stomach during a contraction to check
this.
In order to practise this action, you can use the Free Exercise mode within
the exercise session options. You should see the real-time trace line on
the graph moving up and down with your contractions. During a guided
exercise session (eg: Beginner Level 1) you will also see a tick, cross or
question mark indicating if you are performing a correct contraction.
Before you begin
Since purchasing the PeriCoach system, you may have developed
a condition that makes the use of the system unsuitable.
In particular, you should not use the system if you: