Women’s Health Physiotherapy
Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
Women’s health physiotherapy is a specialist area of physiotherapy involving the assessment and treatment of disorders affecting women related to pelvic health. This service is provided by Danielle who has over 10 years experience as a physiotherapist.
Disorders we treat include:
- Stress incontinence – leakage of urine on coughing, sneezing, running or jumping
- Urinary urgency – having to rush to the toilet to avoid leaking
- Urinary urge incontinence – leaking on the way to the toilet
- Frequency – going to the toilet to pass urine very frequently
- Bowel urgency and incontinence
- Pelvic organ prolapse – a sensation of something dragging down below or feeling heavy, the sensation of a bulge, heaviness
- Vulval and pelvic floor pain disorders – vulvodynia, vaginismus, pain with sexual activity
- Pregnancy related pelvic pain
- Post-natal pelvic floor conditions (including perineal tears)
What can I expect?
You will be treated by a physiotherapist with specialist training in assessing and treating your symptoms. Your physiotherapist will be female and you will see the same physiotherapist each time you come for treatment.
Your first appointment can last up to 1 hour and follow-up appointments up to 30 minutes. You will be asked a number of questions relating to your symptoms and, with your consent, your physiotherapist may do a vaginal (internal) examination. This is an important part of your assessment and necessary to assess your pelvic floor function and establish the possible causes of your symptoms. It will ensure that your treatment is tailored specifically to you and help us to improve the outcome of your physiotherapy treatment.