Italy: A World Away

First trip back to Italy since 1984

As I sit here on holidays and contemplate sunrise overlooking the Mediterranean at Amalfi, I wonder how Italian women get help for their continence issues. When walking round Rome there is no hint as to where the doctors surgeries are, let alone the Continence Physios- although I’m pretty sure the ankle physios have plenty of business from the multitude of sprained ankles there must be from walking on the cobblestones!

I have thought though, that ageing Italian women must have better balance reactions, which must help with falls prevention, from teetering on high heels on the Roma uneven footpaths their whole lives! Maybe their pelvic floors and core abdominal muscles improve as well?

Emails even reach me in Italy from Continence Health Australia

Anyway even though I am a world away in Italy, the email from the Continence Foundation of Australia, now in 2025 known as Continence Health Australia,  the peak body for continence issues in Australia, still found me. They were asking me to update my practice details for their Resource List.

CHA are funded by the Australian Government and provide invaluable advice on all things pelvic health via their Helpline -1800 330066– about not only how to cope with incontinence, but active ways to treat stress, urge and faecal incontinence and prolapse.

I urge anyone who is reluctant to seek help about leakage of urine to take the first step by ringing and talking to these trained advisors.

So if any of the CHA people are reading my blog- I will send the info when I get back and until then breakfast and a boat trip to the Isle of Capri beckons…………..

Arrivederci

Some Italy highlights