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WOMEN’S HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY

Women’s Health Physiotherapy

About Women’s Health Physiotherapy

Women’s Health conditions are extremely common in women of all ages during pregnancy, postnatally, menopause and in later years. Women of all life phases are experiencing unwanted problems that they believe are normal, or to be expected. These may include Pelvic Organ Prolapse, incontinence, bladder or bowel dysfunction and pain.

Many women are too embarrassed to seek help for these types of problems, or are unsure of where to go to for help. Many are not aware that Women’s Health Physiotherapy is a treatment option for them, however specialist pelvic health Physiotherapy treatment may be hugely beneficial for many women and may reduce or even resolve symptoms.

We offer a variety of treatment options for many Women’s Health conditions in comfortable and safe surroundings. You can guarantee that every aspect of the problem will be addressed, you will be listened to and a comprehensive treatment program will be delivered.

How can Women’s Health Physiotherapy help?

  • Reducing pain
  • Improving Quality of life
  • Improving your ability to exercise or perform other activities of daily life
  • Improving symptoms of bladder or bowel Incontinence
  • Reducing feelings of bladder or bowel urgency or frequency
  • Putting you back in control of your bladder or bowel problems
  • Reducing the symptoms of prolapse
  • Reducing pain or discomfort during sex
  • Helping to manage the symptoms of menopause, including vaginal symptoms

Types of problems we treat

At Enliven Health we offer treatments for the following conditions:

  • Pregnancy related Pelvic Girdle Pain
  • Bladder or bowel incontinence
  • Bladder or bowel urgency and frequency
  • Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome
  • Chronic Pain
  • Menopausal symptoms eg. Vaginal Atrophy
  • Rehabilitation following Hysterectomy, Pelvic Organ Prolapse repair and other pelvic surgeries/radiotherapy
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  • Constipation
  • Rectus Diastasis Abdominis
  • Recovery after perineal tears
  • Muscle and nerve problems
  • Painful sex
  • Pelvic Pain and associated conditions eg Endometriosis/Vulvodynia

Our aim is to empower women, giving them back control over their health and improving their quality of life. We want to improve awareness of Women’s Health Physiotherapy, enabling women to understand that there are options available other than relying on incontinence pads or drastically changing their lifestyle (eg. stopping exercise) as a form of self-management.

What does a Women’s Health Assessment involve?

A full Women’s Health Assessment will take 60 minutes in our private and comfortable clinic environment. It will involve talking through your symptoms and medical history, where we will discuss your bladder, bowel and sexual health in a confidential and sensitive way, in order to determine where to go in terms of physical examination.

The Physical examination will involve a musculoskeletal screen where your posture and lumbopelvic movement will be assessed. It may be appropriate to perform an external and/or internal vaginal or rectal examination to assess for prolapse and to determine how your pelvic floor is functioning if you are experiencing any symptoms of incontinence. You may also be asked to complete a bladder or bowel diary in order to assess your bladder and bowel function in more depth.

Once the assessment has been completed we will be able to formulate a treatment program with you to address your symptoms.

For further information or to make an enquiry please contact us.