Pregnancy Care & Pelvic Floor

Research shows that pregnant women should undertake supervised pelvic floor muscle training throughout their pregnancy however clinically we see many women do not know how to correctly contract and relax these muscles. In a pregnancy physiotherapy appointment at Flow, we can assess these muscles and teach you how to strengthen them correctly.

Regardless of whether you have any unwanted symptoms, prenatal pelvic floor physiotherapy focuses on prevention of symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, preparation for birth and recovery during the early postnatal stages (i.e the fourth trimester).

Physiotherapy can also help manage common complaints in pregnancy including:

• Pelvic Floor symptoms such as leakage, constipation, pelvic pain and vulvar varicosities

• Low/Hip/Pelvic Girdle Pain and ‘lightening crotch’

• Diastasis Recti ‘abdominal separation’

• Hand, wrist and rib Pain including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Mum thumb

• Birth Preparation & recovery for both vaginal and caesarean births

• Preparation for the Postpartum period.