Women's & Men's Health service expanding at PROmotion

We are very excited to welcome Anna White, an experienced Women's & Men's Health Physiotherapist, to the team at PROmotion. 

Women’s, Men’s and Pelvic Health Physiotherapists have completed a Master’s degree in Continence and Women’s Health. This training enables them to treat conditions that are specific to pregnancy, post-natal and menopause; painful (or the inability to have) sexual intercourse; bladder and bowel problems; pelvic pain as well as to provide pre and post-op pelvic floor rehab for gynaecological and urological surgeries. 

Conditions managed include:

• Pregnancy pelvic floor assessment and training

• Post-natal pelvic floor rehabilitation and care (including mastitis, abdominal separation)

• Pregnancy-related back and pelvic pain

• Urinary and faecal incontinence

• Pelvic organ prolapse and pessary fitting

• Overactive bladder

• Pelvic pain, sexual pain and dysfunction (including vaginismus/genito-pelvic pain, vulvodynia, persistent genital arousal, endometriosis pain)

• Labour preparation and perineal stretching

• Coccyx pain 

• Pre and post prostate surgery rehabilitation

• Male pelvic pain

Treatment typically involves:

• Assessment of pelvic floor muscles using internal vaginal and/or rectal exam as well as Real Time Ultrasound and biofeedback equipment.

• Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for stress urinary and faecal incontinence and prolapse

• Bladder calming strategies and bladder training for overactive bladder

• Pelvic floor muscle relaxation and awareness exercises, internal pelvic floor release and graded exposure therapy through the use of vaginal dilators for pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction

• Education and lifestyle modifications

• Exercise rehabilitation and Pilates classes