Women’s Health: Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
Essence Physiotherapy supports women’s health throughout every stages of life. We try our best to understand the needs of every women and when time changes and life takes over, we need to look after our body again. Our specially trained female physiotherapist Winnie Liang has a dedicated interest in women’s health that will help you bounce back again. Winnie will conduct a thorough assessment and individually design a treatment plan to improve your symptoms and therefore your quality of life, in a safe and private room.
Women’s health physiotherapy can help with conditions such as:
Women’s health physiotherapy treatment is based on evidence and consist of education, lifestyle management, exercises using devices to help the client improve their symptoms and return to activities of daily living with confidence.
What is Pelvic floor?
The pelvic floor refers to the structures that support pelvic organs. It is a complex interplay of muscles, fascia and fibrous tissue. Weakness or damage to the pelvic floor can lead to a variety of symptoms and therefore it is usually the focus of the treatment.
Who is most at risk?
Your physiotherapist will prescribe you with individualised exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles.
Other Important Facts!
What is Stress incontinence?
Involuntary urinary leakage when attempting physical exertion such as coughing, sneezing, laughing, running, jumping and standing from a chair.
The good news is that the National Association for Continence (www.nafc.org) states that 75% of women who complete a pelvic floor fitness program regain control of the bladder.
How common is Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Australia?
Exercise during pregnancy?
Check out our Latest tips: Benefits of exercise during pregnancy
Who gets Gestational Diabetes (GD)?
Exercise is now acknowledged as an effective way to prevent Gestational Diabetes if performed through the entire length of the pregnancy, at least 3 times per week. To be preventative, the exercises need to start prior to pregnancy or in the first trimester of pregnancy
Postnatal Care – Your post childbirth recovery
Want to know more about postnatal care? check out Our Latest Tips: Exercise after Child birth
You can enjoy a one on one Physio session to have all the attention or join our Physio pilates type exercise classes!
Call us to take your first step to recovery and most importantly take control of your body again!