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 […]
Should we be now known as “The Awful Country”? Read More »
I will be still working (I hope) in 2030, but maybe I won’t. But I know that there will be younger pelvic health physios carrying the baton for conservative management of pelvic floor dysfunction. Some will be private, but some will be in the public sector. I would like to present you with a future
Climate Change and Women’s Health 2021 Read More »
Or as my son’s Mother’s Day card to me last year said: “Happy Squeezed out of your Vagina Day” My son in ‘my tummy’ 30 years ago I laughed out loud when he gave me this card last May and it joined my collection of funny Pelvic Health cards on the wall in my treatment
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My two beautiful grandchildren Thursday is grandchildren day. I love Thursdays because I get to chill out with a four year old and sometimes a six year old (and my husband Bob), watch my grandsons play, look at the birds, the plants and nature in general and relax from the hectic pace of our clinic.
Undervaluing Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Read More »
As you know I regularly ask patients to write blogs for me about their particular journey with their pelvic floor dysfunction. And many times the resulting blog that they send me is articulate and resonates with me on many levels. Well today’s blog is no different. After five turbulant weeks in Australia, when women
An observation about gender and prolapse management Read More »
Today I am at work rather than kicking up my heels at an Australia Day barbie out of respect for our First Nations people. I just don’t understand why we continue to disrespect our Indigenous Australians by continuing to choose this day to celebrate all that it is to be Australian, on the day they
Invasion Day – Always was, always will be Read More »
Dr Judith Goh and Dr Hannah Krause helping fistula patients in Africa Back in 2017 as one of my New Year’s pledges I decided to ask my family and friends to give a donation to HADA -the organisation which fund-raises for the fistula and prolapse repair work that Professor Judith Goh and Dr Hannah Krause
Warning: Sweary words with asterisks appear through this blog. It’s 2020 and it’s been a tough year. I hope you understand. Well here we are at the end of a year like no other in my lifetime. It started in Australia with horrific bushfires and the main headline story through the year being our new
A magical end to this 2020 pandemic year. Read More »
Pelvic Health in Regional and Rural Queensland Small Business Grant Win: Extending the scope of Telehealth in rural and regional Queensland Today (8th September) is World Physiotherapy Day, plonked right in the middle of Women’s Health Week and it is a good time to chat about an exciting new project that we have undertaken. In
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