World Continence Week

More women than is imaginable have pelvic floor issues, but no one is talking about it.

It’s World Continence Week, so we want to change that! We asked 2,000 women about their pelvic floors and here are the results.

An illustration of a woman crossing her legs and holding her crotch, with the text 49% of women report symptoms of a weak pelvic floor such as weeing involuntarily An illustration of a woman crossing her legs and holding her crotch, with the text 49% of women report symptoms of a weak pelvic floor such as weeing involuntarily
Almost half of women report symptoms of a weak pelvic floor such as weeing involuntarily when they cough, laugh or sneeze.
An illustration of a woman holding a finger to her lips with the test 57% of women never tell anyone about their pelvic floor issues An illustration of a woman holding a finger to her lips with the test 57% of women never tell anyone about their pelvic floor issues
Despite how common this issue is, 57% of women never tell anyone about it...
An illustration of a stethoscope, with the text 40% of women say they'd feel embarrassed to discuss pelvic floor issues with their doctor An illustration of a stethoscope, with the text 40% of women say they'd feel embarrassed to discuss pelvic floor issues with their doctor
40% of women reveal they’d feel embarrassed to discuss it with their doctor, and two-thirds admit they wouldn’t feel comfortable discussing it with their closest friends or family.
An illustration of the Elvie trainer with the text 72% of women never seek treatment for their pelvic floor issues An illustration of the Elvie trainer with the text 72% of women never seek treatment for their pelvic floor issues

As of today, 72%, the vast majority, will never seek treatment!

Want to know more about pelvic floor and Kegel exercises? See here.

So what can we do about it?


We want to tackle the silence! We want to help people have conversations around pelvic floor health and seek treatment that could help them!

Join us to spread the word that you’re not alone and that many pelvic floor issues are treatable - share your story on social media using #freefrompee. 

Follow the revolution #freefrompee

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@ivycarnegie

"Getting my body back. One step at a time! Have you guys heard of pelvic floor health?"

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@bromleybody

"...And then along comes this cute, teeny, innocent looking green thing into my life, answering to the name of @elvie"

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@iam_lyla

"Did you know one of the major roles of the pelvic floor is to stabilise the core and lower back? I did not!"

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