Our Services

Your Initial Appointment With The Healthy Peach

When you first attend The Healthy Peach Physio you will have an initial assessment with your Physio. You can expect your first session to be about 1 hour long, due to the complexities that sometimes come with these conditions. During your first session, we will discuss your condition in depth and start to create a plan that will help achieve all of your goals.

Once we have finished this discussion, and you feel that you have shared all you need to with us, we will determine the best assessments required to gain a clear picture of your condition and validate our treatment plan.

Pelvic Assessments You Can Expect

Musculoskeletal assessments that can be performed include:

• Range of motion assessments of the trunk and limbs
• Whole or isolated parts of the body strength, coordination and balance testing

Internal vaginal or rectal examinations to assess:

• Genital hiatus (a fancy term for how open or closed the vagina is)
• Pelvic organ position in the pelvis
• Pelvic floor muscle strength, power, coordination, endurance and flexibility
• Sites of pain or discomfort
• Assessment of genital skin
• Breathing

Treatments Options You Can Expect

• Education!
• Home exercise program that may include both general body and pelvic floor specific muscle retraining (strength, coordination, relaxation)
• Breath re-training
• Biofeedback training
• Vaginal pessary fitting
• Post-natal return to exercise screening
• Internal manual therapies (soft tissue muscle release and trigger-point release)
• Electrical stimulation therapies (for conditions like bladder/bowel urgency and pain management)
• Musculoskeletal manual therapies such as massage and joint mobilisations
• Dry needling