Pregnancy and postpartum care
What happens to the body during pregnancy? Why do some women experience pelvic girdle pain, low back pain and urinary incontinence during pregnancy? What can women do to prevent it?
Urinary incontinence – Why is it still taboo?
In this article, I will explain what urinary incontinence is, what the main causes are and who is more at risk of developing it. I will also help to identify early signs of pelvic floor muscle weakness and talk about possible treatments.
Lower back Pain, Women’s health physio and Yoga
Grace came to see me because she had been struggling with low back pain for a while, which had been recently aggravated and was preventing her from doing yoga.
Vaginismus and Women’s Health Physiotherapy
Image source: Tightly Wound an animated film about Vaginismus by Shelby Hadden & Sebastian Bisbal Key points Vaginismus is a condition characterised by the involuntary tightening of the pelvic floor muscles, the muscles around the opening of the vagina. Women struggling with vaginismus find any sexual activity that involves vaginal penetration painful…
Pelvic floor exercises: the Do’s and Don’ts!
It seems that nowadays everyone is talking about the pelvic floor muscles and how important they are. But do you actually know what the pelvic floor is and why it is so important? Put simply, the pelvic floor is the group of muscles that join the front of the pubic bone to the coccyx (tailbone) at the base of the spine.
When should you have a pelvic floor assessment?
Now that you know what a women’s health physiotherapist does, the question that follows is do you need to see one to help you with your symptoms? If you are struggling with symptoms such as the ones listed below, then you should consider seeing a women’s health physiotherapist. Bladder symptoms – peeing when sneezing,…