About ekegel
ekegel is an advanced Electrical Muscle Stimulator (EMS) device for home use engineered specifically to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and control incontinence.
It features a vaginal probe equipped with stainless steel electrodes, delivering gentle yet effective stimulation directly to the pelvic floor muscles.
It also has a mode of Transcutaneous stimulation of Pelvic muscles.
The device boasts five intuitively labelled preset training programs and user-friendly push-button controls, ensuring effortless operation for individuals of all ages in the home environment.
Uses of ekegel
- Postpartum Recovery : Rehabilitation by promoting Pelvic floor muscle recovery and strengthening.
- Stress Incontinence : Kegel exercises improve muscle control to reduce leakage.
- Urge Incontinence : Kegel exercises enhance muscle coordination for better bladder control. Effectively control OAB (Overactive bladder)
- Mixed Incontinence : Kegel exercises can help address both stress and urge components by strengthening muscles and improving control.
- Pelvic muscle Toning : Maintain Strength, Improve sensation and intimacy.
- Incontinence in Men : Rehabilitate pelvic floor muscles, enhancing continence, especially in cases of prostate surgery
Features of ekegel
- User-Friendly Operation: With just three buttons, ekegel simplifies operation and minimizes the risk of accidental setting changes, enhancing user experience.
- Large Backlit Screen: Featuring a large backlit screen, the device offers clear visibility of operation status, current program, and intensity level, facilitating ease of use even in low-light environments.
- 5 Preset Programmes: Clinically tested, the device offers five preset programs tailored to address different types of incontinence, including stress, urge, mixed, and a post-treatment tone program for aftercare.
- Memory Functionality: The device includes memory features such as program retention, automatically starting in the last-used program, tracking treatment duration, and recording average strength utilized for monitoring progress.
Ekegel Preset Programmes
- Stress Incontinence (MODE P-1):
- Purpose: Strengthens pelvic floor muscles to resist urinary leakage caused by external pressure (e.g., coughing, sneezing).
- Stimulation: Gentle stimulation induces muscle contractions, building strength over time.
- Treatment Duration: Once a day for one to three months.
- Sensation: Strong drawing in of vaginal muscles, pulling up the pelvic floor.
- Urge Incontinence (MODE P-2):
- Purpose: Soothes bladder (detrusor) muscle to reduce involuntary contractions and prevent unwanted bladder emptying.
- Stimulation: Continuous, gentle stimulation.
- Treatment Duration: Once a day, with improvements visible in less than three weeks.
- Sensation: Soft, vibrating stimulation with noticeable pelvic floor exercise effects post-treatment.
- Mixed Incontinence (MODE P-3):
- Purpose: Addresses both stress and urge incontinence.
- Stimulation: Combines Urge and Stress programmes; first 10 minutes focus on reducing sensitivity, followed by 10 minutes of pelvic floor muscle exercises.
- Adjustments: Increase stimulation strength for effective muscle contraction during the Stress programme.
- Tone Programme (MODE P-4):
- Purpose: Maintains pelvic floor muscle fitness and tone, suitable for regular use.
- Treatment Schedule: Recommended usage approximately twice a week for ongoing muscle maintenance.
- Additional Benefits: Enhances sexual health and enjoyment; essential for sportswomen for improved athletic performance and weightlifting.
- Sensation: Mixture of strong muscle contraction and release, promoting pelvic floor fitness.
- Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (TTNS) and Transcutaneous Sacral Nerve Stimulation (MODE P-5):
- Purpose: Management option for urge incontinence, especially for older individuals and those with neurogenic bladder and those who cannot or do want to use vaginal probe.
- Benefits: Provides relief from urinary incontinence, frequency, urgency, and nocturia without invasive procedures or pharmaceutical side effects.