Category Archives: urge incontinence

Squeezy – the new physiotherapy App

Struggling to remember to do your pelvic floor muscle (pfm) exercises?  What you may need is the Squeezy App.  It’s been specially designed by a Women’s Health Physiotherapist to help increase the regularity with which women do their pfm exercises.  … Continue reading

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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

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Urine smells like sugar puffs? Find out what could be causing it!

It’s not just bad bladder habits* or weak pelvic floor muscles that can cause problems with your waterworks.  If you’re more thirsty than usual, have sweet-smelling wee, are losing weight (but not on a diet!) and feel tired and irritable, … Continue reading

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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

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The pros and cons of electrical stimulation

I think it’s such a shame when I treat women who’ve spent months using an electrical stimulator (elec stim) in the hope it will stop them leaking, when they’d have done so much better by simply doing pelvic floor muscle … Continue reading

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Physiotherapy helps male pelvic floor problems

It’s not just women who benefit from pelvic floor muscle training, as men can also suffer from problems with their waterworks.  In fact, up to 1 in 10 men may develop problems with bladder control and/or sexual function.  The risk increases … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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’.

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Women’s health physiotherapy video – gynaecological problems

Vicky explains what women’s health physiotherapists do and how they can help women with problems with their waterworks, bowels or pelvic floor cure, improve, manage or avoid getting their symptoms in the first place.   See my video on pregnancy … Continue reading

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