Urinary incontinence is completely acceptable if you are under 3 years of age. So for all the rest of the 4.8 million Aussies over the age of 15 (1) that are suffering urinary and faecal incontinence – and yes they are suffering!- its literally a bummer. The Deloitte Access Economics report into Incontinence (2010) predicts that […]
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Tonight I watched a brilliant programme on SBS on the new, ongoing research into the effect of a placebo and it reminded me of this blog I wrote a year ago on the Art of Conversation. In the SBS programme one of the research experiments compared the same placebo effect of acupuncture (both were sham
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With anything in life there can be roadblocks! Whether it’s your progression at work to the dizzy heights you believe you are entitled to; whether it’s trying to enter the housing market or simply making ends meet when you have. But within health management, there can be many roadblocks to success and recovery from all conditions in my area of interest
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August is a very special month for preventative health. The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) in conjunction with Steel Blue have created Tradies National Health Month – Don’t Ignore The Pain, to help provide valuable information for Tradies on the importance of full body health and safety. These two organizations felt there was no dedicated health and
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When you think about a pelvic floor physiotherapist, the first thing most people think of is that WH physios teach pelvic floor exercises and quite often, even amongst a few doctors, that’s ALL we teach patients. But as you have read from many of my blogs, the treatment strategies involved for stress urinary incontinence, the overactive
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You know from previous patient focused blogs how articulate my patients have been when writing their contributions – and today is no exception. This lady (we will know her as Mrs L) was pretty distressed when I first saw her- and for a typical reason. She had committed to extensive gynae surgery to help prolapse and urinary incontinence but when
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What really? You’re saying it’s free? WCW 2014 consumer forum flyer FINAL On Thursday 26th June commencing at 6.30pm there will be a free lecture presentation at Coorparoo for World Continence Week with Clinical Nurse Julie Westaway and myself. So to all the girls considering having a baby, those pregnant, those who have just delivered and anyone else
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Well here they are – the #pelvicmafia wristbands are up on the website and are available for sale for $5 each which includes postage for in Australia and for overseas purchasers. I wrote about the origins of the term #pelvicmafia in a previous blog in case you have no idea what is going on. Don’t hesitate to spread
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Role of the pelvic floor muscles: Support the pelvic viscera. Prevention of loss of urine, gas and faeces with increase in intra-abdominal pressure eg cough, sneeze, bending, laugh, lift. Prevent worsening of prolapse Detrusor inhibition (the smooth muscle pump of the bladder). Be able to relax to empty your bladder and bowel properly. Sexual function
This is a critical step in the five step plan. So many women feel helpless when they find they have a lump. Is it cancer? What will my husband think? “Oh my god, my Aunt Gertrude had one of those in hospital and that was ghastly!” So what is the definition of a mentor. A
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