PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN HELP WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Pregnancy / antenatal care
- Postnatal care
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Post mastectomy
- Post breast reconstruction
- Post-operative care for other abdominal and pelvic surgeries
During pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period a woman’s body undergoes many physical and hormonal changes. Women may experience various neuro-musculoskeletal disorders including:
- Low back pain and/or pelvic girdle pain
- Other joint pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Diastasis rectus abdominus (separation of the abdominal muscles)
Breastfeeding complications include blocked ducts, engorgement, mastitis, and cracked nipples.
PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION CAN RESULT IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Bladder dysfunction
- Stress incontinence, urge incontinence, frequency, overactive bladder
- Bowel dysfunction
- Faecal incontinence, constipation
- Pelvic organ descent / prolapse
- Pain
- Pelvic girdle pain
- Painful sexual intercourse
- Coccydinia
- Pudendal neuralgia
POST MASTECTOMY OR OTHER BREAST SURGERY, PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN HELP WITH:
- exercise
- reducing pain
- reducing joint stiffness and scar tissue tightness
- managing the complication of lymphoedema
