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Sue Croft graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 1977 and initially practised general physiotherapy at Princess Alexandra Hospital – then moving to the Spinal Injuries Unit. She then worked in the Mater Hospital Intensive Care Unit for 4 years. Following the birth of her children she tutored at the University of Queensland developing an interest in Women’s Health. Since 1988, Sue has worked continuously in Women’s Health and Continence promotion and Pelvic Health Physiotherapy. Sue has written three books since 2011 on pelvic floor dysfunction which have since gone into a total of eight editions. Pelvic Floor Recovery: Physiotherapy for Gynaecological Repair Surgery, specifically for women to prepare for or recover successfully from hysterectomy and/or gynaecological repair surgery and Pelvic Floor Essentials which covers the essential information about the bladder, bowel and pelvic floor including treatment of urinary incontinence, urgency, frequency, prolapse management, bowel dysfunction and pelvic pain. Sue has now released ‘Recovery’ in the German language titled ‘Beckenbodenrehabilitation – Physiotherapie für die gynäkologische und kolorektale Chirurgie’. Sue is a registered physiotherapist, a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, the National Women’s, Men’s and Children’s Pelvic Health Group, the International Continence Society, IUGA and a Committee member of the Queensland Branch of the Continence Foundation of Australia. Sue’s ongoing commitment to Continuing Education is important to ensure that the most recent research is being accessed in order to provide the best evidence-based treatment strategies for her patients. Conferences, workshops and journal articles are regularly used to update knowledge and up-skill. Sue is regularly asked to lecture at education forums for medical staff, physiotherapists, nurses and for the public.

International Women’s Day: Prolapse Management Revisited

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Why write about prolapse management? I was prompted to write this blog on best practice prolapse management for International Women’s Day because we had a patient report that both her GP and gynaecologist had made negative comments to her about the value of a pessary. This is disappointing in this day and age as a […]

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Men’s Health: Prostate Cancer Testing by Guest Blogger Bill Taylor

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Men’s Health: The case for and against routine prostate screening from the UK perspective Social media cops a bashing in most quarters, but for me in a professional capacity, it contributes to a significant portion of my ‘keeping up’ with the evidence. We have some amazing groups within Facebook made up of many brilliant pelvic

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Should we be now known as “The Awful Country”?

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The ongoing saga of 2021’s trials and tribulations so I can remember what has gone down….. Photo of The Lucky Country Book In 1964, author Donald Horne wrote the famous book called The Lucky Country. Many people (having probably not read the book) believe that the book is positive reflection of life in Australia. Australia being

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