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Background The hypopressive exercise also known as hypopressive abdominal gymnastics, is a relatively recent technique used to help in exercising the pelvic floor and toning the abdomen and to increase the endurance of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) and basal tone of PFM subsequently helping in urethral constriction. The purpose of the study to find out the effectiveness of hypopressive exercise in women with utero-vaginal prolapse. Methods The exploratory case study was conducted in Aarupadai veedu medical college and hospital. Ten women aged between 25-45years and above and diagnosed with Grade 1 and 2 uterine prolapsed were participated in this study. Hypopressive exercises were encouraged daily for 8 weeks. PFDI-20, perineometer and modified oxford grading system were used pre and post to measure the degree of distress in pelvic organ and strength of the pelvic floor muscles. Result The result shows that pre and post mean difference there was statistically significant improvement in perineometer score t=9.03 (p=0.001), pelvic floor distress inventory t=8.83 (p=0.001) and modified oxford grading system t=8.55 (p=0.001) at 1% level of significance. Conclusion The study concluded that the hypopressive exercise improves quality of life, PFM function and reduces the POP symptoms and prolapse severity.