Pregnancy Physiotherapy

We use this measure antenatally to guide your preparation of the perineal body and pelvic floor muscles for vaginal birth. Then, postnatally, use this measure to assess the levator hiatus (the openness of the vagina) which helps guide your rehabilitation and return to activity

Including bladder sensation issues (not knowing when the bladder is full and ready to empty);
bladder urgency (i.e. not feeling like you're going to make it to the toilet); leaking associated with urgency; incontinence with activity (like cough, sneeze, laugh, jump, run); pain with bladder filling or emptying; increased frequency of bladder emptying; or, not feeling like you can empty properly.

Including bowel sensation issues (urgency, reduced sensation of knowing when you need to empty, or not being able to tell the difference between wind or stool); incontinence of wind, liquid, or solid stool; constipation or incomplete emptying; or, not feeling like you're able to clean up properly afterwards.

If you experience the feeling of vaginal or anal dragging, heaviness or bulging. It might feel worse at the end of the day or after being on your feet for a while. Sometimes it feels worse at different points in your menstrual cycle. It may interfere with your ability to easily empty your bladder and bowel. Pelvic floor physiotherapy can play a role in helping you manage these symptoms and support your pelvic organs with exercise and the use of pelvic organ support pessary devices.

Helping you safely understand when your body is ready to return to intimacy, and supporting you through any changes you experience, including pain with arousal, orgasm, or penetration, change in sensation or sexual satisfaction, libido or desire issues, and trauma recovery.

Whether you've had a vaginal or belly birth, you've experienced pregnancy, and that means your body has undergone an epic change. Your abdomen and pelvic floor muscles need appropriate and progressive loading to help regain strength and tension in your body again. We can help you find the right approach to exercise that helps you feel stronger!

Treating mastitis, engorgement and blocked ducts using hands on techniques, ultrasound therapy, and education.

If you've been pregnant, you've experienced rectus diastasis (abdominal separation). This is a stretching of the connective tissue that holds your 6-pack muscles together. Everyone will experience this, aka it's normal! Rehabilitating your abdominal muscles to help rebuild your strength and trunk control is important after your delivery.

Support in managing the aches and pains & changes in our movement patterns related to the rapid changing of the pregnant body. This includes pelvic-girdle-pain and rib pain