Pelvic Health Physiotherapy can guide women to find solutions for many common pelvic health issues including.
Bowel and bladder incontinence – stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, fecal incontinence and inability to hold back gas
Constipation – straining to void, fissures, haemorrhoids, slow motility
Bladder frequency – excessive voids (greater than eight voids in the day or up in the night greater than once)
Pelvic pain – pain with intercourse, tail bone pain, vaginismus, dyspareunia, endometriosis, pubic symphysis dysfunction, pudendal neuralgia
Urinary urgency
Pelvic organ prolapse – heaviness/ budging associated with descent of the pelvic organs
Pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM)– vaginal dryness, vaginal atrophy, incontinence (stress or urge), pain, recurrent urinary infections
Birth preparation
Recovery from childbirth – both caesarean and vaginal birth
What to expect during a pelvic health assessment
A typical pelvic health assessment includes:
- a detailed medical history
- a discussion on what an internal assessment is and what information it provides
- a discussion on treatment goals
- posture and gait analysis
- functional movement testing – squat, lunge, sit to stand, twisting, rolling, coughing etc.
- looking at how you breath
- an assessment of the range of motion and quality of motion of your spine, hips, sacroiliac joints, and ribs
- tissue assessments of the diaphragm, hips, glutes and abdominals
- an assessment of visceral and scar tissue mobility
- an internal assessment of the pelvic floor – vaginal and/or rectal palpation.
- a discussion of assessment finding and treatment plan
- home exercises
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Wendy Miller - PT 