Continence and Women’s Health
As part of our specialised services at Insight Physiotherapy we have Rachelle Symons who is a Continence and Women’s and Men’s Health Physiotherapist.
Below is a list of conditions which Rachelle is available to assess and treat at the clinic:
Women’s Health Physiotherapy
- Urinary Incontinence (loss of bladder control)
- Urinary Urgency and Frequency
- Bowel Dysfunction
- Faecal Incontinence (loss of bowel control)
- Constipation management
- Voiding Dysfunction
- Reduced urge to void, poor voiding dynamics and incomplete bladder emptying / high post void residuals
- Advice and prescription of incontinence products
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse prevention and management
- Pelvic floor muscle education and strengthening
- Pain during sexual intercourse, including dyspareunia following vaginal delivery and vaginismus
- Overactive pelvic floor muscles, including pelvic pain conditions
- Cracked nipples following/during breast feeding
- Mastitis / blocked ducts
- Abdominal muscle separation (Diastasis)
- Caesarean scar pain treatment
- Pelvic pain (sacro-iliac and pubic symphysis joints)
- Advice on safe exercise during pregnancy
- Advice on safe return to exercise after vaginal and caesarean birth including individual exercise programs
- Pre and Post Pelvic Surgery
- Hysterectomy, prolapse repair
- Continence and other bladder and bowel procedures
Men’s Continence
- Pre and Post operative prostate education and pelvic floor instruction
- Urinary Incontinence (loss of bladder control)
- Urinary Urgency and Frequency
- Poor voiding dynamics, incomplete bladder emptying/high post void residuals
- Faecal Incontinence (loss of bowel control)
- Constipation management
- Pelvic floor muscle strengthening
Children’s Continence
- Toilet training issues
- Bedwetting (Nocturnal Enuresis)
- Constipation and soiling
- Day wetting
If you want to learn more here, Please feel free to contact us for more information or to book an appointment.