Our pelvic health physiotherapy service offers specialist assessment and rehabilitation for pelvic, bladder and bowel pain and dysfunction.
Our specialist services for women include treatment for pregnancy-related pain, bladder or bowel problems and those with pelvic floor muscle dysfunction.
We also have specialist services for paediatrics and men's bladder and bowel problems.
We have members of our team based out of Hillingdon Hospital, Mount Vernon Hospital and several sites in the community including Eastcote Health Centre and Uxbridge Health Centre.
Our aim is to diagnose a patient’s condition and set out a treatment plan with them in order to achieve the best possible outcome. We work in close collaboration with our consultants to ensure all our patients are treated to the highest standard.
Conditions we treat
Musculoskeletal conditions we treat in pregnancy include:
- pelvic girdle pain
- back pain
- rib pain
- abdominal pain
- hip pain
- carpal tunnel syndrome
Gynaecological conditions we treat in women are:
- stress urinary incontinence
- urgency urinary incontinence
- mixed (stress and urgency) urinary incontinence
- overactive bladder
- bowel incontinence
- pelvic organ prolapse
- pain during sex
- vaginal and/or vulval pain
- constipation (including obstructive defecation and dyssynergic defecation)
- after 3rd or 4th degree perineal tears
Urological and colorectal conditions we treat in women and men are:
- urinary incontinence
- overactive bladder
- voiding dysfunction (difficulty passing urine or fully emptying your bladder)
- bowel incontinence
- constipation (including obstructive defecation and dyssynergic defecation)
We offer the following treatments:
- advice on lifestyle changes to reduce the chance of symptoms increasing
- individualised exercise programmes to improve movement, increase flexibility and strengthen muscles
- classes – pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain, incontinence and pre-surgery
- mobilisation and manipulation techniques to reduce pain and improve movement (if appropriate)
- soft tissue techniques to reduce pain and increase flexibility of a muscle (if appropriate)
- biofeedback – specialist equipment to improve normal movement
- advice on neuromuscular electrical stimulation to increase awareness and strength of pelvic floor muscles
- advice on adjuncts such as pregnancy belts or splints to help reduce pain and improve your quality of life
- Bladder Retraining
- Tips to help you empty your bladder
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Constipation: How to prevent it and why
- Constipation and Defecatory Dysfunction
- Healthy Bladder Habits
- Overactive Pelvic Floor
- Pelvic Floor exercises
- Pelvic health and wellbeing during pregnancy and after birth
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain guidance for mothers-to-be and new mothers - produced by Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy network
- Scar massage after your vaginal delivery
- Upper back and rib pain
- Urinary Incontinence
- Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
- Bladder & Bowel Community Website - useful website for patients living with conditions affecting their bladder or bowel
- POGP website - useful website for Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy information
- Squeezy App - an app with pelvic floor muscle exercise programmes
- Pelvic floor exercises - an informative video from CSP on pelvic floor exercises
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