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- Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
- Sensible advice for new mums about pelvic floor exercises
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- Even more reason to do your pelvic floor exercises!
- Urine smells like sugar puffs? Find out what could be causing it!
- Wanted! Good Women’s Health Physiotherapist
- The pros and cons of electrical stimulation
- Physiotherapy helps male pelvic floor problems
- Make prolapse symptoms better or even go away
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Physiotherapy In Pregnancy Essentials
- Vitamin D link to women’s health problems
- Patient recommends Pelvic Floor MOT
- Women’s health physiotherapy video – conditions related to pregnancy
- Women’s health physiotherapy video – gynaecological problems
- Keep calm and stay dry!
- The Baby & Toddler Friendly Show, Sheffield
- Problems with your waterworks? Cut the caffeine!
- Antenatal classes Sheffield: Essential physiotherapy for pregnancy
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Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
I thought I’d summarise what I discussed with Jane Garvey on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about how and why hypertonic pelvic floor muscles can lead to excruciating pain. Hypertonic pelvic floor symptoms develop when your pelvic floor muscles spasm. The … Continue reading
Posted in bowel problems, childbirth, gynaecology, menopause, obstetrics, painful sexual intercourse, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual health, vaginal delivery, women's health
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The pros and cons of electrical stimulation
I think it’s such a shame when I treat women who’ve spent months using an electrical stimulator (elec stim) in the hope it will stop them leaking, when they’d have done so much better by simply doing pelvic floor muscle … Continue reading
Posted in bowel problems, cystocele, enterocele, frequency, incontinence, male health, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, rectocele, urge incontinence, urgency, uterine prolapse, women's health
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Physiotherapy helps male pelvic floor problems
It’s not just women who benefit from pelvic floor muscle training, as men can also suffer from problems with their waterworks. In fact, up to 1 in 10 men may develop problems with bladder control and/or sexual function. The risk increases … Continue reading
Posted in after dribble, bowel problems, erectile dysfunction, frequency, incontinence, male health, pelvic floor, premature ejaculation, prostatectomy, TURP, urge incontinence, urgency
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Make prolapse symptoms better or even go away
Recently I’ve had a number of patients who have done really well with women’s health physiotherapy to treat their prolapse symptoms. They’re always surprised that it works, but they shouldn’t be – as there’s good evidence to show that strengthening … Continue reading
Posted in back pain, bowel problems, cystocele, enterocele, incontinence, menopause, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, rectocele, sexual health, uterine prolapse, women's health
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Women’s health physiotherapy video – gynaecological problems
Vicky explains what women’s health physiotherapists do and how they can help women with problems with their waterworks, bowels or pelvic floor cure, improve, manage or avoid getting their symptoms in the first place. See my video on pregnancy … Continue reading
Posted in bowel problems, frequency, incontinence, pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, urge incontinence, urgency, Video, women's health
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