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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.

Travel tips for toileting: Essential reading for the ladies and architects

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The Inconsolable by Bartolini, The Academie, Firenze, Italy. Traveling overseas presents a few dilemmas in the toilet department and whilst I thought I had covered most things in my travel chapter in my two books Pelvic Floor Recovery:Physiotherapy for Gynaecological Repair Surgery and Pelvic Floor Essentials I have now realised, as I have used more and […]

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Architectural Extravaganza: Barcelona

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We’ll this is my inspiration- sitting at 7pm on a Saturday night on our verandah in a town on Lake Como called Varenna- no that’s not a spelling error- it’s not Verona the town made  famous by the Montague’s and Capulets  from Romeo and Juliet-  it’s Varenna a gorgeous village on the lake with cobble streets, a lakeside walk and

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Robert Taylor Memorial address by Prof Linda Brubaker

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Thanks to Prof Linda Brubaker for an inspirational opening to our joint ICCS UGSA and CFA national conference. Her topic was ‘Education in modern health systems’. She focused on the education of medical practitioners. She believes there are four key requirements that contribute to a good doctor (physio/nurse/or any other person working in the health

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23rd National CFA Conference in Cairns, 2014

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Well I am on the plane heading for balmier weather in Cairns for the Continence Foundation of Australia’s National Conference, which this year is a joint conference with the International Children’s Continence Society and the International UroGynaecological Society of Australia conference. There will be many international speakers and attendees there and an opportunity to again catch

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Let’s make this photo a winner! Finale to World Continence Week.

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This photo and the one at the end of this blog have been entered by Professor Judith Goh in the IUGA (International Urogynaecological Association) Photo competition. I used them in this blog a few years ago (which I have re blogged below) and everytime I see them – I get all warm and fuzzy. How amazing to have the skill

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