Pelvic Floor Recovery

PFR Books

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.

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year blog in not so merry or happy times

Bush fires Australia 2019   Exhausted volunteer fire fighters  Everyone knows this has been a terrible spring and summer in Australia for drought and bushfires and to be honest it almost feels disrespectful to those suffering in fire regions to be having fun and relaxing at the beach with the family (like I am) when fire […]

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Here’s a great pelvic floor friendly exercise: Walking netball? Yes really!

Ladies playing Walking Netball  Recently I had a patient who, when I asked about her exercise that she is currently doing or would like to do, told me about Walking Netball!?!  Now we are a netball family and in all my years sitting around netball courts, I have never heard about it. I actually couldn’t

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TTNS for urinary retention (NOUR): A Case Report

Position for voiding from Pelvic Floor Essentials (2022) by Sue Croft Non-obstructive urinary retention (NOUR), when it doesn’t respond simply to positional management (see above) and complete abdominal and pelvic floor relaxation can be frustrating for therapists to treat and patients to live with, as it can often mean recurrent urinary tract infections and problematic

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RUOK Day and Faecal Incontinence following a 3rd or 4th degree tear

The 12th September is RUOK ? Day. A day which Gary Larkin began in 2009 after his own father died by suicide. Soon after his father’s death, Gary himself started to have suicidal thoughts. As an advertising executive, he used his marketing skills and high-profile contacts to create a national day of awareness to encourage

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