Recently my lovely, wise GP and I were having a chat about catastrophising. We are all capable of catastrophising. I see the tendency in many pain patients and those suffering with bladder urgency. It’s easy to do when you are anxious as to whether you are going to cope with a function or outing when […]
Incontinence and Sex – How do we get patients to tell us their problems? Read More »
In case you are wondering whether I’ve let my iPad go crazy when typing the title of this blog- its a deliberate attempt to start a twitter trend. For those who don’t know too much about Twitter- a ‘trend’ on twitter is signified by a hash tag and we want to start a topic trending. Today I received an
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The best thing about writing a blog is the ability to reach women all around the world and have a chat about their bladders, bowels or prolapse. I also get many email enquiries about problems following their gynae repair surgery. Recently a lovely lady – we’ll call her Mrs L wrote asking a question in
A Case Study: Post-op Gynae Complications Read More »
I have just finished reading one of those books everyone should read in their lifetime. Of course it will make you feel fantastically inadequate and pathetic when you whinge about your life and what isn’t quite right about it, but a book that basically should be compulsory reading for everyone. It’s called ‘A Hospital by
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Well it’s Christmas and whilst it’s a time when we yearn for happiness and a jolly season, we all know that in the real world, that sometimes just doesn’t happen. Terrible things occur, like the shocking event in America, which was breath-taking in its horror. We lose loved ones to illness and are often stressed with
The Happiness (And Pelvic Floor) Bank Account Read More »
Over the past year I have talked alot about incontinence, but not really ever touched on a type of incontinence that is going to become increasingly prevalent as our aging population explodes in the next few decades. Functional incontinence occurs when problems getting to the toilet are caused by environmental, physical or mental difficulties. For Alzheimer’s
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This week’s edition of the Sunday Mail Body and Soul supplement on Baby had lots of interesting articles on ‘Budget tips for new mums’, ‘How to face your birth fears’ and ‘Labour tips for Dads’, but I would also like to add in the very important subject of the pelvic floor. Damien Kelly mentioned that an exercise called the ‘Clams‘
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There has been more and more talk about how important exercise is. Now I have blogged at length about the importance of pelvic floor exercises – the bread and butter of a pelvic floor physiotherapist – but as you can see we do far more than teach Kegal exercises these days! But exercise is far
Exercise – A prescription for good health and a dry old age Read More »
For what seems like the 945th time in my life I am formally doing something about my weight. Why you ask am I boring you with this? Because I am using my blog to add to my accountability regarding this latest attempt. For the first time ever I am seeking help from a qualified (university trained)
Sometimes this is what patients feel like when confronted with the changes to behavior necessary to improve their pelvic floor problems or make a decision regarding surgery or no surgery – backed into a corner with nowhere to go. I’ve spoken about the difficulties patients have when hearing that changing to decaffeinated tea and coffee
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