What is Women Health physiotherapy?

Women’s health can cover a multitude of subjects, from pregnancy to aging – the female body undergoes many changes. Physical therapist’s most common women’s health clients come in experiencing incontinence, osteoporosis and pregnancy related back pain. Women Health physiotherapy offers a specialized Women’s Health program designed to care for women that suffer from pelvic pain or urinary incontinence. 

Women Health physiotherapy program begins with a comprehensive and thorough evaluation, after which an individualized treatment program is developed by a physical therapist specially trained in these rehabilitation services. The more common of the health care programs are

• Prenatal and Postpartum Exercise Program
• Osteoporosis Exercise Program
• Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

Some events that can cause pelvic pain and urinary system problems are:

• Childbirth
• Episiotomies
• Hysterectomies
• Abdominal Surgery
• Cesarean Sections
• Chronic Coughing
• Obesity
• Aging
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Poor Mechanics With Lifting
• Poor Posture Which Causes Muscle Weakness

Women Health physiotherapy provides a customised women’s health rehabilitation programs for personalized treatment to patients that may include: pelvic floor muscle exercises, manual therapy to address any misalignment and lack of muscle tone in the pelvic floor and the muscles surrounding it, and patient education on pelvic floor function and self-management strategies.