All my patients know why I’ve been rather silent on the blog front just lately. Every day (almost) since July 5th, when my gorgeous first born and her delightful partner became engaged, there has been quite a bit of wedding talk, in amongst all the usual bladder and bowel talk that emanates from my Highgate Hill […]
You’ve all heard me prattle on about #pelvicmafia. It’s a worldwide group of dedicated Continence and Women’s Health Physios who spend their working days and often long into the night treating patients, reading articles, tweeting, Facebooking and communicating with their buddies around the world are on their very favourite topic of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. Julie Wiebe (click to read the
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It’s coming up for three years since I wrote my first blog and in all that time, one of my most ardent supporters has been Bob – my husband, the clever artist (who did all the drawings/ diagrams in my books) and all round good guy that you, who have bought said books, has been communicating with after
Last chance for you to attend a FREE lecture on Prolapse at Coorparoo commencing at 6.30pm: Registration and refreshments 6.55pm: Welcome – Continence Foundation of Australia, Tracey Sparks 7.00pm: Prolapse – what are my options? – presented by Urogynaecologist, Dr Hannah Krause 7.45pm: The 5 Step Plan for Managing Your Prolapse – presented by Physiotherapist,
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Children in Detention (Sepia pencil 2005) I’ve done it before and there’s no doubt I’ll do it again. When you write your own blog you can write what you like, when you like – so today I am veering right off the pelvic floor path and onto the slippery slope of asylum seekers. What provoked me to
Around December and January I often see quite a few patients for review – either they haven’t been for many years and have made a promise to themselves to come back and sort out their continence/prolapse/frequency/urgency problem out before Christmas or have included a visit back to me as one of their New Year’s resolutions.
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In September, I went to the beautiful New Zealand to present at a Colorectal workshop in Auckland and not knowing the audience at all, and them not knowing me, I wanted to engage early on with them and set the scene – that I am passionate about my profession of physiotherapy for pelvic floor dysfunction,
I’m in love with Albert Einstein – or at least his quotes. I have tweeted many of them and used some favourites in my lectures. He must have been such an insightful man and I really want to ask him lots of questions or just chat to him because I reckon he’d be pretty inspirational.
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In case you are wondering why I am being so diligent about reporting from this year’s conference – I was lucky enough to win a scholarship to the 22nd National Conference and instead of writing a formal report for the Qld CFA Branch Committee, I am writing my blog and tweeting some key points. Many
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I am over here in Perth attending our National conference and plan to bring you snippets from the workshops, the Key Note addresses and the presentations. Today I attended a workshop on managing persistent pelvic pain (PPP) and then one on writing journal articles this afternoon. The morning session was wonderful with all speakers on
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