Below are five moments in the life of a woman that you didn’t know you could use the help of a Physiotherapist specialised in women’s health. Only physiotherapists that are trained can help with these issues. This list is not exhaustive, and if you are facing an issue you would like some help with, please contact via Facebook (www.facebook.com/kuurrehab) or through our email. We will be happy to help you and answer your questions:
1. You are pregnant and experiencing back or pelvic pain, and think it is a NORMAL part of pregnancy.
It isn't! You don’t have to be uncomfortable just because you are pregnant. This is an area where a specially trained physiotherapist can help you. Typically the ligaments are loose during pregnancy causing the pelvis to shift. Often the wrong muscles are trying to stabilise it and the proper ones don’t! You can even prevent back and pelvic pain by doing pregnancy Pilates with trained a women’s health physio.
2. When you laugh, cough, run and jump you leak a little or can’t refrain from passing gas.
Commonly after pregnancy, or with age, women can experience mild to severe incontinence. Unfortunately, many women think that this is normal.
Yet again, it isn't! Women’s health physiotherapists are specially trained to assist in the treatment of the pelvic floor and retraining the proper muscles to work again. At KUUR we are also equipped with machines that can help strengthen those special muscles.
You can also prevent the discomfort by doing a few physio sessions after pregnancy and before menopause.
3. No matter what you do, diet and exercise, it seems that you can’t lose this mummy tummy.
You tried everything and you are tired of being asked when your next baby is due. Well, it is possible that you have either weak deep abdominal muscles or you have an abdominal gap called a diastasis recti, which prevents you from having a flat stomach. A women’s health physio can assess you and help you to understand and do the right things to tone you stomach.
4. Have a lot of pain in the groin or intimate area, worsening after long hours of sitting or certain activities.
It is a sensitive subject that you may not feel confortable talking to your doctor. Or if you did and took the prescribed medication, you didn’t feel any difference. A women’s health physio can help you assess it and can give you some relief.
5. If you are suffering from water retention or circulatory problems, and have swollen feet, or are recovering after surgery.
A physiotherapist can’t fix the cause of the problem. However using Manual Lymphatic Drainage can help to relieve it, detoxify, mobilise the fluid and reduce the swelling.