Pelvic Health Assessment

PELVIC HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY SUPPORTING WOMEN & MEN WITH: URINARY + BOWEL CONDITIONS, CORE + PELVIC REHABILITATION, PELVIC PAIN, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION. PRE + POST-NATAL REHABILITATION FOR WOMEN. Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy is provided by a trained Physiotherapist who has taken post-graduate education focused on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pelvic health concerns. They see women, men and children who may be experiencing issues with bladder and bowel control, prolapse, constipation and straining, bed wetting, pre and post pelvic or prostate surgery, pelvic and perineal pain, pudendal neuralgia, bladder pain, vulvar pain and vaginismus to name a few. A thorough assessment by the Physiotherapist will determine the correct course of treatment for you. What Can I Expect At My First Visit? A thorough and detailed history will be taken including information about your symptoms; how much your symptoms affect your quality of life and what they stop you from being able to do; gynaecological, obstetric and surgical events; medications; fluid and caffeine intake; bowel habits; lifestyle factors which may be impacting on your symptoms eg: heavy lifting, excessive squats and lunges at the gym; psycho-social stressors. Adults will have an internal pelvic floor muscle assessment performed, in men it will be a rectal examination, in women it is usually a vaginal examination and occasionally, depending on symptoms, a rectal examination may also be needed. While internal pelvic exams provide your Physiotherapist with additional information, not every condition allows for an internal exam and all patients have the right to refuse any component of the assessment or subsequent treatment at any point of time. Based on your symptoms and assessment findings you will be treated appropriately and given a home programme. One of the essential parts of your pelvic floor treatment will be education. Our goal is that you understand your own health and give you the tools you need to take back control. Besides, specific exercises, manual techniques, modalities such as Biofeedback and functional movements and return to sport guidelines may be used as part of your personalised treatment plan.