Women’s Health Physiotherapy
antenatal, postnatal or pelvic floor issues
Our specialised Women’s Health Physiotherapists can help you to manage your pain during pregnancy and help your recovery following it. Get in touch with us for more details.
Located in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Swadlincote.
CAN PHYSIOTHERAPY HELP IN WOMEN’S HEALTH?
PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY
Many women are not aware that Physiotherapy can cure or help disorders affecting the pelvis and pelvic floor, e.g. incontentance related to pelvic floor dysfunction. This lack of awareness means many women have struggled for many years with issues around the pevlis or pevlic floor, often but not always related to pregnancy. There is now strong evidence indicating that conservative Physiotherapy from practitioners with a special interest in Women’s Health can help.
With our Senior Physiotherapist, Vicky, Vitalize Physiotherapy is pleased and proud to be able to offer appointments with such practitioners.
Please note we do not offer internal pelvic examinations.
We Can Help With
- Pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain
- Pelvic floor exercises for women
- Pelvic floor exercises for men
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Incontentance
- Exercises for during & after pregnancy
- Activity advice for during & after pregnancy
- Pilates in Womens Health Physiotherapy
Physio During pregnancy & postnatally
Over a third of women experience low back pain during their pregnancy and one in five develop pelvic pain. This is mainly due to hormonal changes and the increasing weight of your baby and uterus.There are multiple treatment techniques that Physiotherapy can offer that can assist with this. These include:
- Manual Therapy
- Myofascial Release
- Massage
- Acupuncture
- Advice on Sleeping Position, Movement Modifications and Posture
- Pilates Based Stabilisation Exercises
How Can Women’s Health Physiotherapy Help?
Pregnancy-related Incontinence / Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
These muscles can become weak for multiple reasons. It is important to understand that it is NOT a normal part of the aging process. It can be treated without drugs or surgery through exercises and advice that improve the strength of your pelvic floor muscles. We will work with you to guide you on how to do this correctly, monitor your progress and modifying your programme so it is right for you.