Women’s health physiotherapy treats many health problems that women experience due to hormones, body structure, as well as pregnancy and childbirth. Women need therapeutic exercises and mobility to deal with pain and body changes.
Physiotherapy helps treat women’s health problems such as:
- Pelvic floor muscle problems (urinary incontinence of all types, pelvic organ prolapse)
- Pelvic floor muscle tightness (constipation, pain during intercourse)
- Prenatal care and pain improvement during pregnancy
- Pelvic girdle pain (pubic bone pain, lower back pain)
- Postpartum rehabilitation after natural birth or cesarean section
- Musculoskeletal and pelvic joint pain before and after childbirth
- Menstrual pain
- Post-menopausal problems
- Muscle separation or stretching
Women’s health physiotherapy aims to improve women’s health and care. It is much broader than being limited to pelvic floor muscle problems only. After assessment, a women’s health physiotherapist can create a specialized exercise plan to help improve symptoms caused by various conditions such as musculoskeletal problems after menopause, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, returning to sport after cesarean delivery, and rehabilitation of athletic women during pregnancy and after childbirth. Therapeutic exercise improves both physical and mental health and strengthens many muscles, including the pelvic floor muscles.
“Women’s health and general care is not a luxury, but a necessity.”
