Happy New Year – the healing nature of Sunshine Beach On reflection, there is only one word to describe 2024 in the Croft household: Relentless. There have been health issues, one after the other, which have been challenging, but thank goodness there have been good outcomes on all fronts. And as we face 2025, we
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What I related to with my patients and their pain issues, or their OAB issues or their FI issue is- the belief that they cannot move forward until their thoughts and emotions are in order. They tend to feel stuck until their minds are under control. With unruly, overprotective minds, patients can spend a lifetime waiting until they feel they are ready to act.
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AI generated image of an actor who could play a Scottish Highlander in a mythical love story Am I just shamelessly cashing in on the pulling power of Jamie Fraser or do I really have a relevant message here for all you ladies (and sometimes men)? I promise you this is an important message and
I was asked to write this article for the O&G Magazine and this has been published this week. As this is unlikely to be read by many women from the general public I have reproduced the article in my blog (with a few more added pictures for interest.) Woman in Pain (Original painting by Katie
Image Taken by Sue Croft of Artwork Venice, 2019 Pelvic floor health and pelvic pain One of my most read blogs is one where I have collated quite a few of my pelvic pain blogs in one area. We know that 1 in 4 people with persistent pain will get a 50% reduction in their
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Amanda Lee Pelvic Health Physio demonstrating a lovely restorative position. Journaling that this restorative position helped your pelvic pain will remind you to repeat it regularly Journaling helps improve pelvic pain When you live with a persistent pain condition you may have sought help from multiple health professionals, tried many different remedies that have come recommended via friends
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Sexual Dysfunction Today I am posting two book reviews done for me by one of my valued colleagues Megan Bergman. Megan is one of the fantastic pelvic health physiotherapists at my practice who has been doing some reading of two new books on sexuality. It is opportune that these books have arrived into the pelvic
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Endometriosis A long time ago I asked one of my physiotherapists, Amanda Waldock, to write a blog for me on Endometriosis. She divided it up into two parts and I promptly forgot to post Part 2 incorporating some of the treatment strategies for Endo. Tonight, when I realised the date was a significant one for
September 8th, 2021: World Physiotherapy Day. Endometriosis: Part 2 Treatment 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
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Today I did a short five minute segment on Katherine Feeney’s show on 612ABC radio – she is having short top tips for COVID from lots of health professionals and she is brave enough to allow me to talk about …………really anything. Today I was going to talk about persistent pain disorders and how all
A very short blog on Movement Read More »