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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.

The Relationship between Mental and Physical Health

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I asked Director and Principal Psychologist Christine Bagley-Jones of the Counselling and Wellbeing Centre, Woollongabba, to write a blog for me about the link between mental and physical health incorporating physical exercise. She and her team of psychologists help individuals, couples, families and organisations achieve social, emotional and physical well-being. By looking after your physical and […]

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Pelvic Floor Health for Men – Magazine Article written by Amanda Lee

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Amanda Lee is a Women’s Health and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and Pilates instructor who has been working at my physiotherapy practice and pelvic floor exercise studio, Studio194, since August 2015. She was asked to write an article on Men’s Health for a popular men’s magazine Men’s Muscle and Health and she did a fabulous job and

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My Poem for International Women’s Day: What is a FEMINIST?

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Fights for the vote (still in 2016) Equal pay for equal work Marches for the cause Ideological despite oppression Nurturing while strong Integrity always despite unfairness Social rights for women Tenacious in the struggle Dictionary Definition: Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish,

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Will you please stop using the term ‘political bedwetters’!

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As I was sitting digesting the news that the latest political insult involved using the ?very clever analogy that if you were a Government backbencher and didn’t support raising the GST to 15% then you were a political bedwetter. Now I have my views on either raising the GST rate or especially introducing it onto health which has been also been mooted (the

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