Pelvic Health physiotherapists help people rehabilitate their pelvic floor muscles. These muscles can be weakened by childbirth, menopause, heavy lifting, surgery, being overweight and constipation. The pelvic floor muscles help with bladder and bowel control. Weakness can contribute to incontinence, an involuntary loss of urine. In some cases the pelvic floor muscles will become overactive causing difficulty with sex or emptying the bladder or bowel.
A physiotherapist can help reverse the process by evaluating strength of the pelvic floor muscle and help with muscle re-education, strengthening of the pelvic floor, and bladder retraining and lifestyle changes as are appropriate.
Treating Urinary Incontinence
It is a misconception that urinary Incontinence is most common after pregnancy or in the elderly population. Kegel exercises are sometimes thought to be part of an effective treatment program, but that’s not always the answer. Pelvic physiotherapy can treat incontinence through lifestyle interventions, pelvic floor muscle training and hands on therapy. Regardless of underlying trauma, pelvic floor physiotherapy can improve or eliminate your symptoms and improve your overall quality of life. It’s considered as a first line of treatment due to its high success rate, minimal risk and cost effectiveness.
Treating Pelvic Pain
Pelvic pain disorders are typically associated with pelvic floor weakness or injury, e.g. with the elderly or as a result of child birth, but it can also affect the healthy adult population as well. It could be due to classic weakness or alternately muscle over-activity. Even if you are an individual who exercises regularly your pelvic floor muscles may be extremely weak as it is typically difficult to engage these muscles. The disorder may vary from low back pain, sacroiliac or pelvic pain or deep gluteal pain. Pelvic floor physiotherapy is the recommended first line of treatment and it includes targeted strengthening ,hands on therapy and education.
Other Conditions We Treat
In addition to urinary incontinence and Pelvic pain we also treat:
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT AT MY FIRST APPOINTMENT?
Our pelvic floor Physiotherapist will review your medical history and will perform a detailed assessment which will help her to determine the source of your underlying symptoms. In some cases your assessment will benefit from an optional internal examination. The initial assessment usually includes an initial treatment as well. Your therapist will discuss their findings and will educate you on treatment options .
A physiotherapist can help reverse the process by evaluating strength of the pelvic floor muscle and help with muscle re-education, strengthening of the pelvic floor, and bladder retraining and lifestyle changes as are appropriate.
Treating Urinary Incontinence
It is a misconception that urinary Incontinence is most common after pregnancy or in the elderly population. Kegel exercises are sometimes thought to be part of an effective treatment program, but that’s not always the answer. Pelvic physiotherapy can treat incontinence through lifestyle interventions, pelvic floor muscle training and hands on therapy. Regardless of underlying trauma, pelvic floor physiotherapy can improve or eliminate your symptoms and improve your overall quality of life. It’s considered as a first line of treatment due to its high success rate, minimal risk and cost effectiveness.
Treating Pelvic Pain
Pelvic pain disorders are typically associated with pelvic floor weakness or injury, e.g. with the elderly or as a result of child birth, but it can also affect the healthy adult population as well. It could be due to classic weakness or alternately muscle over-activity. Even if you are an individual who exercises regularly your pelvic floor muscles may be extremely weak as it is typically difficult to engage these muscles. The disorder may vary from low back pain, sacroiliac or pelvic pain or deep gluteal pain. Pelvic floor physiotherapy is the recommended first line of treatment and it includes targeted strengthening ,hands on therapy and education.
Other Conditions We Treat
In addition to urinary incontinence and Pelvic pain we also treat:
- Prolapse
- Diastasis Recti
- Dyspareunia [pain with intercourse]
- Vulvodynia
- Interstitial Cysitits
- Vaginisimus
- Chronic Constipation
- Dysmenorrhea
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT AT MY FIRST APPOINTMENT?
Our pelvic floor Physiotherapist will review your medical history and will perform a detailed assessment which will help her to determine the source of your underlying symptoms. In some cases your assessment will benefit from an optional internal examination. The initial assessment usually includes an initial treatment as well. Your therapist will discuss their findings and will educate you on treatment options .