Women with stress incontinence should consider talking to their doctor about a pioneering device that could improve their condition.
The PelvicToner is designed to exercise the pelvic floor muscles, which often weaken after childbirth and during the menopause.
As a result of this muscle weakening, many women experience stress incontinence, where urine leaks when the bladder is under pressure, such as when they cough or laugh.

Now, women can benefit from the spring-loaded PelvicToner device, which has been clinically proven to treat the condition and has been approved for use on the NHS. Professor Marcus Drake, a researcher at the British Urology Institute who led a two-year trial of the product, said: "Continence service provision is patchy and this sort of product empowers women, gives them better privacy and the prospect of not wasting their time. "In our study the PelvicToner aided women to identify their pelvic floor confidently."
New mums can obtain the device free of charge as long as they have a maternity exemption certificate, while women who pay for their prescriptions can get it for just £7.40.