Women's Health
At Invigorate we understand the impact of pelvic health on your physical and emotional wellbeing. Our Women’s Health Physiotherapists are dedicated to helping women of all ages achieve their goals and improve their quality of life. Whether you need assistance with pelvic pain, incontinence, pelvic floor weakness or want guidance returning back to exercise, we work closely with you to create a holistic solution together.
Our Services
You will be looked after by one of our physiotherapists who has undergone a considerable amount of formal training, researched, and has extensive clinical experience in the assessment and management of women’s health and pregnancy-related conditions. We want you to know you are in great hands.
Continence
Our physiotherapists help you along your journey to recovery by identifying contributing factors to your presenting problem, then provide an evidence based and tailored treatment program.
Antenatal and Postnatal Assessments
During pregnancy and after giving birth our bodies go through a lot of hormonal and musculoskeletal changes. At this exciting time in your life, your body may experience new areas of pain or a number of other symptoms. We are here to help you through that.
Breastfeeding and Mastitis
Breastfeeding can be a very challenging time in motherhood, especially when you have mastitis. We provide advice, and therapeutic ultrasound techniques to treat blocked ducts and mastitis.
Pelvic Pain
There are a number of pain conditions that affect the pelvis and can lead to painful sex, constipation and much more. We provide a diagnosis and education to help you understand your condition while we work with you to get you back to pain-free living.
What does a Women’s Health Assessment look like?
The symptoms of women’s health conditions are complex and unique in each patient and as a result are often undiagnosed for a long time. Our physios use a variety of treatments and assessments to create a well rounded diagnosis for your condition. Though we have many ways to treat and assess, there is one that makes many women nervous – the internal assessment. At Invigorate, we move at your pace and continue to work with you until you are comfortable and confident.
Here are some of the things you can expect in a session with us:
- A whole heap of talking. This includes your symptoms, general health, bladder and bowel habits, sex and so much more
- Comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment including; pelvis, ribcage, feet and jaw
- Pelvic floor assessment including; internal and external muscle assessment
- Real-time ultrasound assessment (abdominal and trans-perineal)
- Therapeutic ultrasound
- Pelvic floor training with biofeedback
- Bladder and bowel diaries
- Vaginal dilator therapy
- Pelvic floor muscle downtraining and relaxation
- Electrical stimulation
- Clinical Pilates
- Pre/Post gynaecological surgery rehab
- Prescription and fitting of basic pessaries including rings and cubes.
It is important to note that not all of these treatments and assessments are relevant to everyone, but it is always nice to be more overprepared than taken off guard.
Who do we see?
Most women accept their symptoms as a normal part of life and aren’t informed that there is help out there. Our Women’s Health Physiotherapists help with a wide range of conditions. Here is a rundown of what we see:
Women’s Health Conditions:
- Urological Pain - bladder pain syndrome, interstitial cystitis
- Sexual Dysfunction - vaginismus, dyspareunia, vestibulodynia
- Anorectal Pain - proctalgia fugax, levator ani syndrome
- Neuropathic Pain- pudendal neuralgia
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Stress and Urge Urinary Incontinence
- Overactive bladder
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Bowel/Anorectal dysfunction: including outlet obstruction, constipation and incontinence
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
Pregnancy Related Conditions:
- Back, neck and rib pain
- Pelvic girdle pain: including pubic symphysis joint and sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Pregnancy related sciatic pain
- Obstetric anal sphincter injury
- Lower leg and vulvar varicose veins
- Abdominal muscle separation
- Mastitis
- Tailbone pain
- De Quervain’s (Mum thumb)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
If you need help with any of these conditions, we would love to be part of your journey.
