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- Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
- Sensible advice for new mums about pelvic floor exercises
- Squeezy – the new physiotherapy App
- Even more reason to do your pelvic floor exercises!
- Urine smells like sugar puffs? Find out what could be causing it!
- 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
- Patient recommends Pelvic Floor MOT
- Women’s health physiotherapy video – conditions related to pregnancy
- Women’s health physiotherapy video – gynaecological problems
- Keep calm and stay dry!
- The Baby & Toddler Friendly Show, Sheffield
- Problems with your waterworks? Cut the caffeine!
- Antenatal classes Sheffield: Essential physiotherapy for pregnancy
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Category Archives: Mothers
Sensible advice for new mums about pelvic floor exercises
There’s a lot of good evidence which recommends pelvic floor muscle (pfm) training to avoid incontinence during and/or after pregnancy. Yet not many women know about it, and not many are doing them! A recent survey by health professionals revealed … Continue reading
Posted in bladder irritant, childbirth, forceps, frequency, gynaecology, incontinence, instrumental delivery, long second stage, Mothers, obstetrics, pelvic floor, Pregnancy, rectus diastasis, sexual health, vaginal delivery, ventouse/vacuum extraction, women's health, Womens Health Physio on twitter
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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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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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Physiotherapy In Pregnancy Essentials
Just because you’re pregnant doesn’t mean you have to put up with back ache, pelvic girdle pain or other pregnancy-related problems. Physiotherapy in pregnancy can really help women who are suffering from pregnancy-related problems to resolve or manage their symptons and/or … Continue reading
Posted in back pain, Mothers, pelvic floor, Pelvic girdle pain, Pregnancy, rectus diastasis, symphysis pubis dysfunction, Womens Health Physio on twitter
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Vitamin D link to women’s health problems
Did you know that low vitamin D levels have been linked to an increased risk of incontinence and a number of problems related to bone mineral deficiency during pregnancy and post-natally? This is because vitamin D is essential for maintaining … Continue reading
Posted in incontinence, Mothers, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, Pregnancy, urge incontinence, women's health
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Patient recommends Pelvic Floor MOT
A satisfied patient explains how women’s health physiotherapy with Vicky has cured her postnatal urinary incontinence and recommends all women should have a ‘Pelvic Floor MOT’.
Posted in bladder irritant, frequency, incontinence, Mothers, pelvic floor, Pregnancy, urge incontinence, urgency, women's health
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