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- Sensible advice for new mums about pelvic floor exercises
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- Even more reason to do your pelvic floor exercises!
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- Wanted! Good Women’s Health Physiotherapist
- The pros and cons of electrical stimulation
- Physiotherapy helps male pelvic floor problems
- Make prolapse symptoms better or even go away
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Physiotherapy In Pregnancy Essentials
- Vitamin D link to women’s health problems
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- Women’s health physiotherapy video – conditions related to pregnancy
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Category Archives: menopause
Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
I thought I’d summarise what I discussed with Jane Garvey on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about how and why hypertonic pelvic floor muscles can lead to excruciating pain. Hypertonic pelvic floor symptoms develop when your pelvic floor muscles spasm. The … Continue reading
Posted in bowel problems, childbirth, gynaecology, menopause, obstetrics, painful sexual intercourse, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual health, vaginal delivery, women's health
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Even more reason to do your pelvic floor exercises!
Some research published last November* makes alarming reading if you’ve had children. Its results show that women who have had a normal vaginal delivery: • are at double the risk of developing a pelvic organ prolapse (that’s where the womb, … Continue reading
Posted in childbirth, cystocele, enterocele, forceps, gynaecology, incontinence, instrumental delivery, long second stage, male health, menopause, Mothers, obstetrics, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, Pregnancy, prostatectomy, rectocele, TURP, urge incontinence, urology, uterine prolapse, vaginal delivery, ventouse/vacuum extraction, women's health
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Wanted! Good Women’s Health Physiotherapist
How do you find a good women’s health physiotherapist? It’s hard, given how reluctant women are to discuss their bladder problems. In practice women are unlikely to make personal recommendations telling people they’ve seen a good private women’s health physiotherapist … Continue reading
Posted in Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Womens Health, bladder irritant, frequency, incontinence, menopause, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, urge incontinence, urgency, women's health
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Make prolapse symptoms better or even go away
Recently I’ve had a number of patients who have done really well with women’s health physiotherapy to treat their prolapse symptoms. They’re always surprised that it works, but they shouldn’t be – as there’s good evidence to show that strengthening … Continue reading
Posted in back pain, bowel problems, cystocele, enterocele, incontinence, menopause, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, rectocele, sexual health, uterine prolapse, women's health
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Pelvic floor exercises
I’m always surprised to meet pregnant women who admit they are not doing their pelvic floor muscle (pfm) exercises, despite the risks they run if they don’t. This post aims to motivate you to start doing your pfm exercises, wherever … Continue reading
Posted in antenatal class, incontinence, menopause, Mothers, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, Pregnancy, urge incontinence, urgency, women's health
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