Women's Health Physiotherapy relates to the management and treatment of conditions specifically affecting women through their life stages – from early adulthood, through the child bearing years, post menopause and into older age.

Did you know?
 
1 in 3 women who’ve had a baby wet themselves
1 in 5 suffer from poor bladder or bowel control
1 in 2 experience prolapse
1 in 5 experience pelvic or sexual pain
 

Conditions our Women’s Health Physiotherapists treat include;

  • Frequent urination
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Pregnancy related pelvic and back pain
  • Mastitis
  • Prolapse often described as a “heaviness” or “dragging” sensation
  • Leaking from the bladder or bowel
  • Dyspareunia (vaginismus)
  • Abdominal separation following pregnancy
  • Pelvic floor and abdominal rehabilitation
  • Preparing the pelvic floor for birth
  • Neck and shoulder pain -  often due to carrying a new baby and sustained positioning during breast feeding
  • Return to exercise assessment following child birth