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World Physiotherapy Day- Get active, stay active for good mental health

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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 […]

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#yourstorymatters #ABTA

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   Amy Dawes and her daughter   This week has seen the inaugural Birth Trauma Awareness Week and big congrats to Amy Dawes and the crew at www.birthtrauma.org.au for their amazing public awareness campaign which has snared interest from The Project and  the ABC National News and a fantastic article from feminist and writer Clementine Ford.

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Childbirth issues- Informed Consent, Forceps and Caesareans.

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Amy being interviewed for ABC TV There has been some heated debate recently about a headline grab that followed an interview of Amy Dawes, co-founder of The Australasian Birth Trauma Association (See link to the website here.) by ABC News. By her own admission, Amy is regretful that she answered yes when asked does she think that

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Should it be classified as over-servicing if every woman who has a baby sees a Women’s Health physio?

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I recently was interviewed on two occasions on two different days by two different journalists. I was doing my spiel to them – giving statistics about urinary incontinence; giving the heads up on the prevalence of prolapse; and how many people with pelvic floor dysfunction are sitting in a doctor’s surgery and don’t disclose their

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The latest on HADA – and how to get some ‘things’ out of your life.

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I received an email today with an update from some heroes – Dr Barb Hall gave us an update on their latest trip to Uganda with Dr Hannah Krause and yet again their inspirational work makes me feel very inadequate. Again I am just going to include the whole email, with some glorious photos of

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Merry Xmas 2015 and a different perspective on a Caesarian section: Claire’s story

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One of the most recurring questions I get in my every day practice is: ‘Sue how should I deliver my first baby?’, but more often it’s..‘I had a shocking first vaginal delivery and I have significant birth damage- should I have a Caesar? My answer to patients is that they must consult with their O

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Mental Health Week: Can prolapse and incontinence cause depression?

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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

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