For many women Pelvic Health Physiotherapy is life-changing but is it really worth it? One of the most common statements we hear from our patients about pessaries when we have a successful pessary fitting is “This pessary has been life-changing!” Now every pelvic health physio who fits pessaries knows that when they hear that from […]
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Continence Awareness Week for 2024 has just finished and I thought it important to re-post this blog on The Biopsychosocial Management of Prolapse. Every week we see lots of women who have been recently told that they have prolapse and they are very distressed with this diagnosis. This blog outlines the importance of addressing these
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Anxiety: It’s impact on pelvic health issues Having pelvic health problems presents patients with a dilemma. “Do I fess up to a complete stranger that I am having problems with bladder, bowel and prolapse or do I continue to suffer with shame and in silence?” Hopefully, with better awareness via social media channels and other
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Kegels or Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) There has been some recent bagging of Kegels (aka pelvic floor exercises) on Instagram and other important sources of life information and seeing as Influencers only need a good PR team and some sassy photos to extend their reach into the millions, I thought I’d post a very
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What is prolapse Vaginal prolapse (Pelvic Organ Prolapse or POP) occurs when there is a relaxation of the fascia and other ligamentous supports of the vagina and pelvic organs and/or muscle damage causing the organs of the pelvis (the bladder, uterus and bowel) to descend to or beyond the opening of the vagina (the hymen).
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Sue, Katie, Sophie and Micheal (in utero),January 1991 I remember the day I was standing outside my children’s school and a friend told me she had a prolapse and I said to her “How do you know?” -which was pretty funny/weird because I was a physiotherapist taking antenatal classes and heavily pregnant with my third
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This is a CPOP pessary – you can read about its design and how it came about here in this earlier blog. It’s a great pessary which continues to surprise me because sometimes it works when you never think it will on quite significant prolapses. As you can see it’s a different shape and that
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I love pessaries for prolapse management. I wear a pessary for my own prolapse (perhaps oversharing a bit there) and fitting pessaries have been a great adjunct to all the other things (pelvic floor muscle training, engaging your PF muscles prior to increases in intra-abdominal pressure, lifestyle changes, excellent bowel management -correct position, defaecation dynamics
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Gathering similar blogs together under one banner helps when I am referring patients to particular topics for reference material. I did it a long time ago with the majority of my Pain Management blogs and recently did it with my Men’s Health blogs. So today I decided to group all my prolapse and pessary blogs
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Whilst many scoff at this image, it is an excellent way to find out what women are complaining about (prolapse wise) when they stand up I am writing this long blog in response to an increased level of anxiety over the past couple of years in patients about their pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Over the
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