Women’s health physiotherapy. What is it?
There are so many different stages of a woman’s life and each provides it’s own unique physical challenges. A physiotherapist who is expert in these stages can make the world of difference.
Lifting the lid on incontinence in Australia
Incontinence is more common than many health issues we regularly seek professional assistance for. However it is not normal. Most importantly in the vast majority of cases it is treatable without surgery.
Menopause and Running
So what are the facts about the impact of peri menopausal health on running?What do you need to mindful of when running through menopause?
Post Natal Physiotherapy – Will my tummy ever go back to ‘normal’?
So you’ve had your baby. You love him/her more then life itself. But…. What’s happened to your body? You still look and feel six months pregnant – no one told you about this bit… and there’s this line/ gap/ hollow down the middle of your now striped/ scarred tummy… whats that about? What do you […]
TENS for labour pain : Pregnancy physiotherapy
How it can help maintain control during child birth. TENS can used for a huge number of conditions including back and joint pain. It has more recently been shown to be extremely effective in the management of over active bladder syndrome. Today we’ll explore how it can be used to assist women in childbirth. Labour […]
Confessions from a dietician who couldn’t eat well in pregnancy.
We’re all human, and we all do the best we can with what we have at any given time. I had a great meeting with Viktoria last week, as she told me about her fairly torrid pregnancy and her struggles to do as she should, to eat as she should and follow her own advice. […]
My SRC Recovery Shorts story, by Carlee : Post natal care
I first thought of getting the SRC recovery shorts after seeing them on social media after Bec Judd and Sophie Guidolin had used them. Then once starting the Mummycise classes and talking to the Vital Core Girls I was convinced that I should get them and boy, was I glad I did! I had an […]
Rebecca’s story : Pelvic Floor physiotherapy
Rebecca has been in recently after the birth of her first baby. From the earliest days after his birth, she felt a dragging and heaviness in her vagina and was diagnosed with a prolapse. Here is her story: “At our first hospital visit they gave us a handout of a prenatal exercises. I did these […]
Your late pregnancy toolkit
So here you are – third trimester! Your last day of work approaches, the nursery furniture is selected, if not already put together and you are preparing for some of the logistics of early motherhood. But have you looked after yourself? How do you plan to labour (so much as we can plan these things)? […]
Should you do Pelvic Floor exercises?
This is a great article published last year with input from a range of outstanding leaders in the field of pelvic floor health. There is great information that we are sharing here directly through the link, but we’ll also copy the body of the text, as we all know that links go missing over time […]