A postnatal Physiotherapy assessment is recommended for all women following birth. This comprehensive check-up evaluates pelvic floor recovery, abdominal muscle separation, scar healing, posture, and return-to-exercise readiness. Early support can help prevent ongoing issues and ensure a safe, confident return to daily activities and exercise.

During pregnancy, the body undergoes significant physical changes that can lead to back pain, pelvic girdle pain, or pelvic floor symptoms. Women’s health physiotherapy provides safe, individualised strategies to manage discomfort, maintain strength, prepare the pelvic floor for birth, and support an active, healthy pregnancy.

Pelvic floor dysfunction refers to changes in the strength, coordination, or endurance of the pelvic floor muscles, which can lead to symptoms such as leaking, pelvic pain, heaviness, or discomfort with intimacy. Women’s health physiotherapy provides tailored assessment and evidence-based treatment, including pelvic floor retraining, relaxation techniques, and strength programs, to restore function and improve confidence in daily activities and exercise.

Bladder and bowel concerns such as urinary incontinence, urgency, constipation, or faecal leakage are common but not something you have to “just live with.” Physiotherapy focuses on identifying contributing factors, improving pelvic floor muscle function, optimising toileting habits, and supporting healthy bladder and bowel routines to help you regain control and comfort.

Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when the bladder, uterus, or bowel shifts downward due to reduced pelvic floor support, often causing a sensation of heaviness, dragging, or a visible bulge. Women’s health physiotherapy offers management through targeted pelvic floor strengthening, lifestyle advice, and safe exercise guidance to reduce symptoms and support long-term pelvic health.

Conditions such as endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can significantly impact quality of life through pain, hormonal changes, and pelvic tension. Physiotherapy plays a supportive role alongside medical care by addressing pelvic pain, improving muscle function, guiding appropriate exercise, and offering strategies to help women better manage symptoms and feel more in control of their health.

Menopause and perimenopause bring hormonal changes that can affect pelvic floor strength, bladder control, joint health, bone density, and overall wellbeing. Women’s health physiotherapy provides education, pelvic floor assessment, strength and resistance training guidance, and strategies to manage symptoms such as leakage, vaginal dryness-related discomfort, and musculoskeletal aches. Our goal is to help you stay strong, active, and confident through every stage of midlife and beyond.