Mitigating Chronic Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Following Childbirth by Pelvic Floor Dynamometry

"The elastometer is a modified vaginal speculum which captures pelvic muscle tone over 3 minutes and records this on an attached computer. In addition to the elastometer test, there are three further related tests, which patients would be suitable to participate in.~I. a questionnaire to fill in so as to obtain some feedback from patients regarding what they thought of the test and the device.~II. The investigators would like to repeat the elastometer measurement within a week of the first test to determine the reliability and accuracy of repeating the measurement after a few days.~III. The investigator would like to request that the patient have an MRI scan of the pelvic muscles to check whether the elastometer can pick up functional muscle weakness that would not otherwise be recognised except by performing an MRI scan. The investigators will therefore compare elastometer readings to the MRI scan findings."