One of the most requested desires from women after having their baby when they see us at our clinic, Sue Croft Physiotherapy (except for ‘I wish I could get a decent night’s sleep’) is “When can I start running again?” Many women love running and use it for many reasons: recreational enjoyment; to exercise […]
Return to running after childbirth Read More »
We Pelvic Health Physios have a number of closed Facebook groups we belong to, where questions are asked and journal articles are disseminated about Women’s Health. This is great for us to network and learn from each other and if there are problematic patients who we are struggling with, we can throw the question
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 »
Many physios who go down the pathway of women’s health and pelvic health physiotherapy, do so after the birth of their own child/children. Some do so because their experience has opened their eyes to the magic of understanding more about the birth process and the changes, many positive to their bodies and to their lives
A personal story from a pelvic health physio: Nadine Brown 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 »
CPOP pessary At the beginning of this year I got to trial some new pessaries. As you know I am a bit of a fan of pessaries as a conservative approach to managing pelvic organ prolapse. I have written many blogs on them – if you go to the top panel there is a prolapse
Profile on Grace Carey and a new Pessary 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 »
In previous blogs I have been telling you about the new Running Clinic we have established at Sue Croft Physiotherapy and it has been going so well that I asked Jane Cannan (who along with Amanda Lee conducts the Running Clinics) to write an updated blog on the clinic. I love Jane’s passion which is
If it’s a phrase I’m really sick of hearing, it’s the one that many of my patients have had said to them by too many health professionals (and some of them are doctors): “There’s no point in having a pessary, pessaries are just for old ladies”. Today’s blog is to refute that argument because
PESSARY STORIES -YES! USING ‘SHOUTY’ LETTERS FOR A REASON Read More »
In a few weeks I will be presenting again to the general public on prolapse and every time I do one of these talks and I put that stat in and “50% of women over the age of 50 who have had a vaginal delivery will develop prolapse” it still really impacts on me. Because when
Global Pelvic Health Facebook Group Tackles Prolapse Rate!! Plus Amy Dawes’ Story Read More »