Electrical stimulation for incontinence is a treatment option that does the hard work for you. While there are lots of treatments available to help with incontinence, many of them are time-consuming, invasive, expensive, or simply don’t do anything on its own. For example, many kegel trainers simply show you if you are squeezing or not.

Electrical stimulation has been around for over 50 years and is one of the oldest treatments besides using weights. What it does is act like your brain sending signals to the targeted muscles to contract, only it “talks” to the pelvic floor muscles directly.  Electrical stimulation has previously only been offered as a vaginal treatment until most recently. Now it can be found as an easy non-invasive treatment option for incontinence that can help to tone your pelvic floor and improve bladder control.

Benefits of Electrical Stimulation for Incontinence

• Faster and More Effective than Kegels: Electrical stimulation can provide a more targeted and effective workout for your pelvic floor muscles compared to traditional Kegel exercises, essentially doing them “longer and stronger”.
• Ensures Correct Muscle Stimulation: Electrical devices are designed to accurately target the pelvic floor muscles, ensuring that you’re exercising the right muscles and not causing more harm than good.
• Convenience of Home Use: Electrical stimulation devices can be used comfortably at home, making it easy to stick with a consistent routine for best results.
• No Prescription Needed: Some electrical stimulation devices do not require a prescription or doctor approval for purchase.
• Avoid doctor appointments or PFT: Frequent appointments can be time-consuming and disruptive to your life.  Electrical stimulation for incontinence offers an alternative treatment that can be done at home.

Internal vs. External Stimulation

As you start to explore options for incontinence devices, you’ll find that some work internally and others work externally.  While both are effective, there are several advantages to choosing an external solution like Elitone.  Not only is it less invasive and more comfortable to use, especially if you are postpartum, but it is the only one that can also be used while continuing with other activities, because who has time to lie on your back every day with non-wearable devices?  Elitone is worn wear a pad would go, giving you freedom of movement during use.  

Stress Incontinence vs Overactive Bladder

For muscle contractions to treat stress incontinence, electrical stimulation has been offered as a vaginal device. However, electrical stimulation has also been used to calm overactive bladders or OAB as a surgical sacral nerve implant in your back as well as continual office procedures sending stimulation through your leg (percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation or PTNS). However, now Elitone URGE is the only treatment that offers non-invasive, convenient electrical stimulation at home for overactive bladder or urge incontinence.

Is Electrical Stimulation for Incontinence Effective?

The US government did a large meta-analysis of all prior studies and concluded that Electrical Stimulation is effective for Incontinence. Additionally, clinical studies have shown that using Elitone for just 20 minutes a day can reduce leaks for 95% of women.  Most women notice a difference with just 6 weeks of use.

Our customers agree: “I’m so glad I purchased this! In a matter of weeks I went from being afraid to sneeze, cough, or laugh to being able to exercise on my rebounder with no issues. I tried doing exercises on my own for years and never saw results, and using this I noticed improvement almost immediately.” – Mari