I thought I would like to share a timely case study with you. Urinary tract infections (UTI s) are a common problem for women -14 times more likely in women than men (1.) – and are often caused by a multitude of factors. The common ones are: Incomplete emptying of the bladder (following repair surgery; poor contractility […]
Urinary tract infections and dementia: A case study. Read More »
Well here they are – the #pelvicmafia wristbands are up on the website and are available for sale for $5 each which includes postage for in Australia and for overseas purchasers. I wrote about the origins of the term #pelvicmafia in a previous blog in case you have no idea what is going on. Don’t hesitate to spread
#pelvicmafia and World Continence Week 23rd-29th June, 2014 Read More »
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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Extreme Dress-Ups: The Great Debate CFAConf2013 I am sitting on the plane coming back from our 22nd CFA National conference in Perth. And am feeling warm and fuzzy- the plane left on time, I’ve got a spare seat next to me so I can spread out, the Qantas streaming IPad is working, (unlike when on the nearly
CFA National conference- Like a Family Reunion Read More »
You know my friend Anne spends every spare moment she’s not being a brilliant OT lecturer and author, searching for funny incontinence cards for my birthdays and as you can see from this year’s card, she has yet again excelled. This one pretty much takes the cake though because this is something that distresses so
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I’ve just come home from our regular Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA) Qld Branch meeting where a bunch of Committed Peddlers of Continence Promotion (CPCP or #pelvicmafia) – nurses, Urogynaecologists, Physios, consumers and trade suppliers – planned the next series of public education forums, fundraising exploits and conferences for health professionals. Something tonight caused me
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My dear friend Anne, who between lecturing at UQ Occupational Therapy Dept, studying the stock market and finding funny cards and poems with references to incontinence for me, must rarely have any time to sleep. She has once again has come to the party and supplied the basis of yet another blog. Unfortunately I am unable to
Incahoots : Where I have and have not been! Read More »
I recently read some research (BMJ Open 2013:3:e002789) looking at the Caesarean rate in public and private hospitals in Western Australia. It looked at births to nulliparous women during 1996-2008 (155646). The study looked at the Caesar rate depending on the source of funding (private versus public hospital) and found 29% ( 45903) in total were performed. 24803 were performed in-labour
The Bladder and Caesars Read More »
Peg’s been at it again – sending joke emails to all her friends. They mostly all have a theme – aging and its drawbacks – that aging ain’t for sissies!! I’d thought I’d share this one with you because it’s relevant to all my usual themes…prevention, act now don’t wait for the problems, be pro-active and prevent the problems.
Welcome to my Nightmare: NOT!! Read More »
Urinary incontinence associated with an overactive bladder Today I attempted my first video blog. I now have new respect for reporters, for actors and for Obama. Talking ad-lib to a camera without an autocue and to get it right the first…fifth……seventeenth time – is not an easy thing to do. So I thought I would
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