Did Philip Fart? I am having a very productive Saturday morning trying to categorize my blogs so they make more sense and are easier to find- for me and my patients….and for the reader out in cyberland. Now one thing I realized is- I have an enormous number of blogs half written. The number of conferences […]
Are farts a laughing matter? Read More »
When your health deserts you, you sort of some days feel a little bit like this picture. So often we take our health for granted until it is no longer perfect – and then we look back longingly at our old fit, healthy life. If you are youngish and get a diagnosis of one the
Bladders and Multiple Sclerosis Read More »
For well over 25 years I have been specifically treating pelvic floor dysfunction and I have encountered many women who have suffered with anxiety and depression due to their bladder, bowel and prolapse problems. It is very confronting to discover that you have these very personal problems and often surreal that it can be associated with
Mental Health Week: Can prolapse and incontinence cause depression? Read More »
Well I’ve climbed into bed and realised I haven’t written a Mother’s Day blog- a disgrace considering it’s my daughter’s first Mother’s Day! But all I can do is write a few words of what I know to be true, that I’ve gleaned over the years. Once a mother, always a mother- it’s terribly hard to ‘let
Here’s the abstract for the talk I’ll be doing at the Continence Foundation of Australia Queensland Branch Conference on 13th March 2015. Click here for more information on the Conference: http://bit.ly/1DKXiAA Toilet training, like much of parenting, can be a mystery to many mothers and fathers and yet the implications for the child in their future years
The Ins and Outs of Voiding and Defaecation – CFA Queensland Branch Conference 2015 Read More »
Remember this series of blogs relates to a talk I did for the public a few weeks ago and Part 4 of the 5 Step Plan is all about bowels. Bowels Bring Down Prolapse (and cause failure of operations): WHY? Never taught correctly as a child how to defaecate Bad habits- stool wrong consistency, always strains
More of the 5 Step Plan: Step 4 Managing your Bowels Well. Read More »
Last chance for you to attend a FREE lecture on Prolapse at Coorparoo commencing at 6.30pm: Registration and refreshments 6.55pm: Welcome – Continence Foundation of Australia, Tracey Sparks 7.00pm: Prolapse – what are my options? – presented by Urogynaecologist, Dr Hannah Krause 7.45pm: The 5 Step Plan for Managing Your Prolapse – presented by Physiotherapist,
Two education opportunities Read More »
In September, I went to the beautiful New Zealand to present at a Colorectal workshop in Auckland and not knowing the audience at all, and them not knowing me, I wanted to engage early on with them and set the scene – that I am passionate about my profession of physiotherapy for pelvic floor dysfunction,
Extreme Dress-Ups: The Great Debate CFAConf2013 I am sitting on the plane coming back from our 22nd CFA National conference in Perth. And am feeling warm and fuzzy- the plane left on time, I’ve got a spare seat next to me so I can spread out, the Qantas streaming IPad is working, (unlike when on the nearly
CFA National conference- Like a Family Reunion Read More »
I’ve just come home from our regular Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA) Qld Branch meeting where a bunch of Committed Peddlers of Continence Promotion (CPCP or #pelvicmafia) – nurses, Urogynaecologists, Physios, consumers and trade suppliers – planned the next series of public education forums, fundraising exploits and conferences for health professionals. Something tonight caused me
Our fabulous Tracey Read More »