Pericalm Pelvic Floor Stimulation Unit: Fully-featured neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) device.
AUD$214.95
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Channel Nine Embarrassing Bodies (1 Sept 2010) reported that electrical stimulation with a device the same as the Pericalm improved pelvic floor muscle strength by 50% in only a few weeks, without the need to exercise.
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The Pericalm is a high quality, clinical grade, electrical stimulation device pre-programmed with 6 different programs designed to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, without any effort by the woman using it.
The Pericalm can be used as an alternative to "squeeze and lift" pelvic floor exercises, and is particularly useful for a woman with a substantially weakened pelvic floor who has difficulty contracting her pelvic floor muscles. It can act as the first stage of an ongoing pelvic floor strengthening program, helping a woman to re-establish her ability to identify and contract her pelvic floor muscles correctly.
EMS (electrical muscle stimulation) units are widely used by physiotherapists in their practices but the Pericalm brings the same technology to the privacy of your own home, in a simple, user-friendly device. The Pericalm offers features more commonly associated with NMES units used in professional practice, but at a price that is attractive to the personal buyer.
Many customers who have used the Pericalm to re-establish the ability to identify and contract their pelvic floor muscles, have later moved on and also bought a perineometer such as the PFX2 or PFXA.
Description
The Pericalm is a high-quality unit, suitable for personal use at home or in a health professional practice setting. It has 6 pre-set programs, designed to help with a wide variety of pelvic floor problems, including
- urge incontinence
- frequency/urge incontinence
- stress incontinence (2 programs)
- general pelvic floor workout, to build pelvic floor muscle endurance and improve sensitivity
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In addition, it offers the therapist the option of 3 extra customisable programs.
The preset programs mean that it is extremely easy to use. It's just a question of connecting your preferred electrode, selecting your preferred program, and switching on. Intensity can be controlled by the user, making the Pericalm an extremely user-friendly device. In use, electrical stimulation creates a tingling sensation that should never be uncomfortable.
Choosing an electrode
The Pericalm does not come packaged with its own electrode, but can be used effectively with any of the vaginal or anal electrodes in our range. The Periform and Anuform are produced by the same manufacturer as the Pericalm and intended for use with it. However it can be used equally successfully with the Veriprobe electrode.
All electrodes connect to the Pericalm via wires, which means that the electrical stimulation is very reliable and stable. The Periform and Veriprobe vaginal electrodes that can be used with the Pericalm both have
- vertical contact plates and
- a "collar" effect in the design
both of which means they are easier to position accurately within the vagina than a cordless electrode.
Combo Packs
The Pericalm is available with the Veriprobe electrode in an Extra Value Combo Pack for only $250, saving $12 on the price of these two products bought separately.
Electrical Stimulation Extra Value Combo Pack: Pericalm and Veriprobe $250
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Specifications
More specifications:
- 9 volt battery (included)
- 6 Pre-set programs
- Facilities to set up 3 customised programmes
- LCD displays intensity, Rate, Pulse Width, Time and Programme mode
- Dual Channel
- Work/Rest periods from 2-99 seconds
- Ramp up time .03-9.9 seconds
- Time countdown monitored on LCD display
- Range: Rate 2Hz-200Hz, Pulse Width 50µS-300µS
- Lock mode function for measuring home compliance
- Automatic switch off after 4 minutes if the unit is not in use
- Simple to use
- Integral clip for fastening to belt.
- Please note that an electrode is not included. You are free to choose the one you prefer from our range.
The Pericalm manufacturer states that the unit is intended for use under the guidance of a health professional, and our information sheet Using the Pericalm provides information that may help the user and the health professional to determine an appropriate regime.
Unsure about the difference between the Pericalm and the Peritone?
The Pericalm is an electrical stimulation device that delivers a small controllable electrical charge to your muscles. Electrical stimulation is often recommended for
women who are unable to locate and contract their pelvic floor muscles: electrical stimulation is used to "jump start" them into action, to assist in locating muscles and developing muscle awareness, and to provide a workout particularly
in the earlier stages of pelvic floor exercise program.
The Peritone is a feedback device that measures muscle activity. With a Peritone, you do the muscle work yourself and the device tells you whether you are improving via visual and audio feedback. The device can be
programmed for an exercise session, which you then follow, contracting and relaxing in time with the display. As your muscles strengthen over time, your base level will increase and the Peritone will constantly feedback
on the power of your contraction. As the Peritone measures and provides feedback on muscle activity, women who have been diagnosed with overly tense pelvic floor muscles can find it assists them to learn how to relax their pf muscles fully.
Read more about the science behind electrical stimulation.
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