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Squeezy for women – NHS pelvic floor app

An app to help you with exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles.
This app is suitable for women who are experiencing incontinence issues, pelvic floor pain, or any other postnatal pelvic floor issues.

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Squeezy for women – NHS pelvic floor app	By NHS and Living With Ltd
	Features Audio and visual exercise guides. Customisable exercise plan. Bladder diary. Education and information. Reminders and notifications to improve adherence. Progress tracking.
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Clinical review	Read a clinical review below.
Security and privacy	Does the app: Collect medical information? No Require a login? No Have password protection? No Have a privacy policy? Yes Require internet access to use? No Read more about safety and security when using apps. Brochures: Tips to improve your privacy and security [PDF, 65 KB] Healthify He Puna Waiora, NZ Staying safe online(external link) Netsafe, NZ
Cost	$4.99
Advertisements	This app contains no ads.
How to get the app	(external link) (external link) (external link)

The Squeezy for women app is designed by specialist pelvic health physiotherapists to help you strengthen your pelvic floor muscles through guided exercises. It has a user-friendly interface and a variety of exercise routines that cater to different fitness levels and allows for easy navigation. The app provides reminders and progress tracking to keep you motivated and on track. It's particularly useful for postnatal recovery and managing urinary incontinence. It has good visual diagrams that allow you to picture the exercises that you're completing, and it has an exercise log that also allows you to track your activity.

For the app description go to Google Play(external link), iTunes(external link) or the app website(external link) and for a detailed review, see reviews below.

(Living With Health, UK, 2018)

PROS	CONS
✔ Developed with input from women’s health physiotherapists, uses evidence-based research and is approved by the NHS (public health system in the UK). ✔ Comprehensive educational information and instructions. ✔ Visual and auditory guided pelvic floor exercises. Has a default exercise program with both quick and slow contractions. This can be customised by a physiotherapist. ✔ Bladder diary with entries for inputs, outputs, incontinence and level of urinary urgency. ✔ Exercises are recorded automatically so you can track your progress. ✔ Reminders. ✔ User-friendly interface allowing for ease of navigation.	✘ Costs $4.99. ✘ A financial grant was received from a drug company, but it was unrestricted. ✘ Can’t export exercise records. ✘ You can export the bladder diary into PDF or print to your wireless printer. The share option doesn’t allow you to link to other apps like email or any cloud provider. ✘ No section on bladder retraining for those with urge incontinence. ✘ Latest version of the app requires iOS 15.5 or later, which may not be available on older users' mobile devices.

PROS

CONS

✔ Developed with input from women’s health physiotherapists, uses evidence-based research and is approved by the NHS (public health system in the UK).

✔ Comprehensive educational information and instructions.

✔ Visual and auditory guided pelvic floor exercises. Has a default exercise program with both quick and slow contractions. This can be customised by a physiotherapist.

✔ Bladder diary with entries for inputs, outputs, incontinence and level of urinary urgency.

✔ Exercises are recorded automatically so you can track your progress.

✔ Reminders.

✔ User-friendly interface allowing for ease of navigation.

✘ Costs $4.99.

✘ A financial grant was received from a drug company, but it was unrestricted.

✘ Can’t export exercise records.

✘ You can export the bladder diary into PDF or print to your wireless printer. The share option doesn’t allow you to link to other apps like email or any cloud provider.

✘ No section on bladder retraining for those with urge incontinence.

✘ Latest version of the app requires iOS 15.5 or later, which may not be available on older users' mobile devices.

Clinical review

Reviewer: Simon Keepa, Physiotherapist
Date of review: August 2024
Platform: Apple
Comments: A great app that addresses key female pelvic floor issues. Good educational content, curated by health professionals. It includes audio and visual content to improve your user experience. This app will be good for a variety of women who are experiencing post-partum issues, pelvic floor pain, incontinence, and other related pelvic issues.
Safety concerns: No. This app uses qualified health professionals to curate information and create exercise plans.
New Zealand relevance: Yes.

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