Services

Manual physiotherapy

Manual physiotherapy for any musculoskeletal pain. In particular, areas commonly painful with pregnancy and new mummies.

• Neck: common with breastfeeding and poor posture

• Upper (Thoracic) Spine: common with holding your baby, breastfeeding and poor sitting postures

• Lower (Lumbar) Spine: common during pregnancy and as a new mother due to loosened ligaments, pregnancy posture and abdominal weight gain and reduced strength due to decreased activity

• Pelvis: common during pregnancy and as a new mother due to loosened ligaments and reduced strength due to decreased activity

• Tail bone (Coccyx): coccyx dislodgement can occur with normal vaginal delivery causing pain with sitting, sex etc. Physiotherapy can treat the coccyx and pelvic floor which the coccyx attaches to

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: wrist pain, numbness, tingling and swelling common in pregnancy if you suffer from swelling

• Hand pain such as De Quervain’s syndrome is common with lifting your baby all the time

• Muscle cramps and lower limb swelling is common in the third trimester which we can help you with also

Mastitis

• Diagnosing if the breast tissue has a blocked duct, is inflamed or infected and advise on the appropriate treatment

• Education on self massage and other appropriate treatment

• Treatment with ultrasound if required

Abdominal Separation (Linea Alba) Assessment and Treatment

• Separation of the abdomen happens often during pregnancy and you need to make sure it has closed before resuming some exercises otherwise the separation can get worse and sometimes irreparable

• Progressive individualised exercise programs can be designed by a physiotherapist to help the separation close and strengthen

• The sooner this is assessed and treated the more chance the separation has of coming together. Assessment in the first few days post birth is ideal and if left later than 4 weeks, the chances of the muscles reknitting and functionally optimally are affected.

Core Assessments, Education and Training

• Learn how to properly activate your core to avoid switching on your core incorrectly and doing more damage to your back than good

• Strengthen your core to support weakened pregnancy ligaments and your back and pelvis

• Strengthen your core to support good posture and help you lift your baby now and keep up with them later down the track.

Pelvic Floor Assessments, Education and Training

• Learn how to strengthen and relax your pelvic floor, not only for after child birth but to relax the pelvic floor during child birth to make childbirth easier with potentially less risk of perineal tears, long term scar damage and prolapses

• Learn how to re-educate your pelvic floor after child birth. Perineal tears, stretching or nerve damage on vaginal delivery can make it hard to activate your pelvic floor that has most likely weakened

• Continence training: we can assess the type of incontinence you might have, treat any associated issues and work on a strengthening program in the privacy of your own home

Pelvic pain

• There are conditions such as endometriosis which can cause significant pelvic pain, painful periods and sometimes trouble conceiving. Due to chronic pain the pelvic floor muscles can often be so tight that this makes sex painful and the pelvic floor prone to tearing with childbirth.

• Physiotherapy can assess and treat pelvic floor tightness to help the pain and flexibility of the pelvic floor at any time of life, but especially in preparation for conceiving and child birth.

Pelvic Organ Prolapse Assessment and Treatment

• Pelvic organ prolapse is when your bladder, uterus or rectum drop down in to, or out of the vagina causing pain and dysfunction

• Prolapse is unfortunately common post pregnancy as a result of a weakened or torn pelvic floor

• Let our caring staff assess whether you have a prolapse and offer treatment and management techniques to help

Individualised manual handling assessments and education

• At home with your own cot, car seats, high chairs etc

• A unique service that a conventional clinic cannot provide