Pelvic / Women’s health

Our pelvic / women’s health services

Our passionate and experienced women’s health physiotherapists offer a specialised and caring service including pre and postnatal patients.

From treatment of bowel and urinary complications to tailored programmes for safe exercising, our pelvic health physio’s will work with you to achieve a higher level of function.

Our tailored programmes will enable you to exercise after childbirth safely.

Prenatal & Postnatal WOF

We help pregnant patients maintain movement and health during pregnancy, including pelvic floor strengthening and control.

This is a 45 min session that assesses the following:

  • Abdominal & pelvic floor assessment with real-time ultrasound

  • Posture

  • Breathing

  • Individualised exercise programmes

A Prenatal WOF (warrant of fitness) is a physical check recommended at about 20 weeks of pregnancy or after. Postnatal WOF is a comprehensive physical check recommended from 6 weeks post-birth onwards.

Pregnancy and Postnatal physiotherapy

We treat complex pregnancy injuries or issues and develop programmes to enable safe exercise during pregnancy. This may include ACC cover. We have 60 and 45 minute options.

  • Preparation for birth

  • Sacroiliac joint or pubic bone pain (SPD)

  • Low back, hip, neck or shoulder pain

  • Bladder or bowel control problems

  • Pelvic organ prolapse

  • Diastasis recti/ abdominal wall separation

  • Pelvic floor muscle/ core strengthening

  • Painful sex

  • Return to exercise after childbirth or caesarean birth

Pelvic Health Physio

Pelvic health physiotherapy can assist with the following:

  • Bladder control problems: urinary leakage, increased toilet visits, bladder control problems after prostate surgery

  • Bowel control problems: constipation/difficulties emptying your bowels, faecal leakage

  • Prolapse

  • Painful sex

  • Pelvic Pain (dyspareunia, vulvodynia, vaginismus, pudendal neuralgia, endometriosis)

  • Sacroiliac joint or pubic bone pain

Pelvic health screening questions

Do you…

  • Accidentally leak urine when you exercise, play sport, cough or sneeze? 

  • Need to go to the toilet in a hurry – or not make it there on time? 

  • Constantly need to go to the toilet? 

  • Go to the toilet more than once during the night?

  • Find it difficult to empty your bladder or bowel? 

  • Have a prolapse (e.g. a bulge in your rectum or a feeling of needing to use your bowels but not actually needing to go) ? 

  • Suffer from pelvic pain or experience pain during or after intercourse?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, pelvic health physiotherapy can help to improve your quality of life.

To find out if you could benefit from seeing a pelvic health specialist answer the following questions.

ACC now covers maternal birth injuries

The legislation sets out a specific list of injuries which are now eligible for cover. These are:

  • Anterior wall prolapse, posterior wall prolapse, or uterine prolapse

  • Coccyx fracture or dislocation

  • Levator avulsion

  • Obstetric anal sphincter injury tears or tears to the perineum, labia, vagina, vulva, clitoris, cervix, rectum, anus, or urethra

  • Obstetric fistula (including vesicovaginal, colovaginal, and ureterovaginal)

  • Obstetric haematoma of pelvis

  • Post-partum uterine inversion

  • Pubic ramus fracture

  • Pudendal neuropathy

  • Ruptured uterus during labour

  • Symphysis pubis capsule or ligament tear

  • In the instance a birth requires an emergency caesarean section, it may also be eligible for cover if the injury is caused by an internal force.

‘Jamee is a fantastic physio. She really gets to know her patients and adapts treatment plans to meet goals and personality types.

Jamee is always investigating and learning and always up for a challenge.’

-       Anna, Auckland