Written by Megan Smith, PT
Founded by entrepreneur Tania Boler and Alex Asseily of Jawbone, the Elvie Kegel Exercise Tracker is a contemporary product line of female Kegel trackers revolutionizing the face of women’s health.
Although Elvie is a relatively fresh face on the horizon of wearable technology, Boler herself has been making contributions in the field of physical and reproductive health for nearly a decade.
Born in Britain, Boler studied at both Oxford and Stanford before completing her P.h.D in women’s health. In the years leading up to the founding of Elvie, she stepped into various leadership roles at multiple global organizations, all tying together with one common theme: a passion for women’s health.
In 2013, after noting a distinctive lack of quality lifestyle products available for females, Boler decided to pioneer a change. Partnering with Alex Asseily of the fitness tracker company Jawbone, the two imagined a tool that could aid women struggling with the often-taboo topic of pelvic health.
In October of 2015, Elvie officially launched their first kegel tracker to worldwide acclaim. The device, fully operable with Bluetooth technology, is the first of its kind in the arena of intimate wearable technology.
Tiny, lightweight and completely seamless, the Elvie kegel tracker is the first in what Elvie forecasts to be a full line of women’s health care products available to the public by 2020.
A kegel tracker is a wearable technology device used to monitor the strength and progress of pelvic floor exercises.
As women age, our pelvic floor - a muscle group controlling the bladder, rectum and uterus - weakens. Strenuous physical experiences such as childbirth can additionally diminish our body’s ability to control flow of urine or feces, leading to bladder control issues and bowel incontinence.
For women recovering from childbirth or losing pelvic strength due to passing time, simple things such as jumping, sneezing, or bending over can become worry-inducing activities, as they often trigger unwanted pelvic floor responses.
A weakened pelvic floor can also lessen a woman's confidence in sexual activity due to overly-relaxed vaginal muscles and loss of intimate sensation.
By rhythmically exercising the pelvic floor using a kegel tracker, women can increase stamina and regain control of this essential muscle group.
Tracking progress through a personal digital trainer, users participate in increasingly challenging five-minute exercises, with most women seeing results within the first week of use.
Over time, with continued practice, users will experience increased vaginal firmness, improved bladder control, and regain trust and confidence in the full use of their body.
Small and pebble-shaped, the device is inserted like a tampon, with the curved tail left outside the body. One inserted, users exercise their pelvic muscles by squeezing around the Elvie kegel tracker.
The Elvie kegel tracker works by transmitting biofeedback gathered from the device to a downloadable app on your smartphone, where users can track their progress through a series of timed games designed to gradually increase pelvic stamina.
As pelvic strength builds, users can advance in exercise difficulty, switching between levels as their confidence grows.
Elvie’s customer review board is filled with overwhelmingly positive feedback, and the majority of women purchasing the product report noticeable improvement in pelvic stamina within just a few weeks of consistent use.
Here is a little bit of feedback, gathered from user reviews around the web:
The Elvie kegel tracker is now available for purchase on Rehabmart.com!
Megan has been a part of Rehabmart since its inception nearly 20 years ago. For the past several years she has been enjoying her role as HR Director while maintaining her Physical Therapy license. When she isn't working on her next in-service or working to find a new team member, she enjoys her five children, helping those who have PT type ailments, baking, practicing yoga, and working out.
