I have written another previous blog about one of my lovely, smart, compassionate pelvic health physios – Jane Cannan – who got herself a gig on the #painrevolutionride around Tasmania with Lorimer Moseley and David Butler this coming March, 2019. I am so pleased for Jane because this is a highly sought-after ride to spread […]
Jane Cannan: The Pain Revolution Ride: Training for Tassie Read More »
This week’s blog is about a new intimate cream called Olive and Bee. It has been on the market for over 2 years but I recently attended a conference in Hobart for the Continence Foundation of Australia and Claire Osterstock, an Adelaide based pelvic health physiotherapist and inventor of Olive and Bee, had a space
An Australian Success story: Olive & Bee – A new intimate cream Read More »
Between Women’s Health Week and World Physiotherapy Day (September 8th) it is exhausting to keep up with all the spreading the word on these designated days/weeks. But it is important especially when the theme for World Physiotherapy Day is Physiotherapy and Mental Health. Every day we Pelvic Health Physios see plenty of stressed out, anxious
World Physiotherapy Day- Get active, stay active for good mental health Read More »
I sometimes feel like my brain is a bit like my linen cupboard. It’s a bit small for the amount of linen I have acquired over my lifetime and sometimes when I try and squeeze another towel or three into it, the door doesn’t quite shut and it pops open and something falls out. As
Learned helplessness and some other key words Read More »
There’s a bit of disquiet in our physiotherapy profession. I’ve been a Physio for 40 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. But I suppose if there had been anything like it years ago, we wouldn’t have necessarily known about it – but thanks to social media, the family tiff is there for all
Family Feud: Physiotherapy Wars Read More »
My Venetian glass perfume decanter It is 33 years since I carried this little gem from Venice, Italy and through six more countries for another six weeks and then 16,531 kms back from London to Brisbane. This is a fragile, Venetian glass vase (well, perfume decanter) – of that there is no doubt. I bought
As you know, I write a small nugget of information each week for our pain relaxation class at 6.15pm on a Monday night. This will be the 30th nugget, which is pretty amazing – where have those 30 weeks gone? I had another topic in mind for this week, but a blog by another physio
I received a newsletter from HealthEd with an overview on Vaginal Atrophy and Sexual Function. If you have been prescribed local oestrogen please take note of the Take Home Messages below. I will attempt to get permission to post the whole document as it is very interesting with video inks from a variety of experts
Update on local oestrogen use Read More »
This is for all my relatives -and their friends and relatives – (and patients) to read who have bouts of stiffness. It really nicely explains various degrees of stiffness. Adam Is a Sports Physio who likes to debunk useless treatments. Enjoy. Source: Stiff, but not stiff stiff…
Stiff, but not stiff stiff… Read More »
Much of what pelvic health physiotherapists do each day relates to educating women and men in a variety of topics related to the pelvic floor. So people start with varying degrees of knowledge about say, urinary incontinence. Their current knowledge may have been acquired from their mother- “I have a weak bladder, my mother and
Pain management and skill acquisition Read More »