In Shape - Pelvic Floor chair

The InShape Pelvic Floor Chair is essentially a workout for the pelvic floor — except you don't have to do the Kegels yourself

What does it do?

It is designed primarily to strengthen and re-educate the pelvic floor muscles, which can help with:

  • Stress urinary incontinence — leaking when you cough, sneeze, laugh, run, jump or exercise

  • Feeling like you can't hold your bladder as well as you used to

  • Reduced pelvic floor strength after pregnancy and childbirth

  • Pelvic floor weakness associated with ageing and hormonal changes

  • Improving awareness and control of the pelvic floor

  • Potentially improving sexual function and sensation through stronger pelvic floor muscles

How does it work?

You sit fully clothed on the chair. There are no needles, internal probes or surgery.

The InShape uses an electromagnetic field to stimulate the motor nerves
supplying the pelvic floor. This causes powerful, involuntary pelvic-floor
muscle contractions — essentially making the muscles contract repeatedly
without you having to consciously squeeze them.

Think of it as:

Your brain: "Squeeze pelvic floor."
Chair: "Don't worry, I've got this."

The contractions are much more numerous and consistent than most people can achieve by doing a few Kegels themselves.

How many sessions?

The manufacturer's/practitioner information recommends up to 6 × 30-minute sessions,
with clinics commonly doing 2 sessions per week for 3 weeks.

Some people notice an improvement during the course, but the aim is to
progressively build muscle strength and neuromuscular control,
rather than expecting one treatment to magically fix everything.

After the initial course, maintenance treatments may be useful,
particularly if symptoms return — much like maintaining any muscle strength.

What does a treatment actually feel like?

You stay dressed and sit on the chair.

You'll initially feel tingling/buzzing, followed by pelvic-floor contractions. As the intensity increases, you'll feel the muscles contracting quite strongly.

It can feel a little strange initially — particularly because you're not consciously doing the contractions — but it shouldn't be painful.

A session is around 30 minutes, and there's no downtime. You can get up afterwards and carry on with your day.

What can you expect afterwards?

You may feel like you've done a pelvic-floor workout — some people notice a little muscle fatigue or awareness in the area.

Over the course of the treatments, the goal is to notice things such as:

"Oh… I didn't leak when I sneezed."

"I didn't have to cross my legs when I jumped."

"I have better bladder control."

"I can actually feel and engage my pelvic floor properly."