Congratulations on the birth of your wonderful bundle of joy and welcome to motherhood!

It is not uncommon to be left with symptoms postnatally or to have a new onset of
symptoms that you were not expecting. Some mothers may also be unsure how to
return to exercise safely or how to rehab a diastasis recti (abdominal separation).
Being a mummy myself I have learnt that caring for yourself is also caring for your
baby and I am very much here to support you to achieve your goals.

Symptoms you may experience can include:

• Pelvic girdle pain or back pain
• Wrist and hand pain, pins & needles in fingers
• Urinary incontinence 
• Faecal incontinence
• Prolapse
• Diastasis Recti 
• C-section scar tissue issues
• Pain with intercourse
• Post 2nd and 3rd degree tear with bladder or bowel dysfunction or scar pain

Postnatal body check (includes assessment and treatment for):

• Separation of the abdominal muscles (diastasis or divarification of rectus
  abdominis) 
• Perineal trauma from childbirth
• Prolapse post childbirth
• Postnatal pelvic floor dysfunction
• Postnatal return to exercise
• Advice and fitting of vaginal pessary options to support recovery of prolapse
  and return to exercise
• Advice on stress urinary incontinence and options for intravaginal devices for
  safe return to exercise
   

Treatments may include:

• Pilates based home exercise programmes
• Pelvic floor muscle training
• EMG Biofeedback and Electrical stimulation to enhance pelvic floor strengthening
• Soft tissue massage for C-section scars
• Pelvic floor muscle release techniques for overactivity of muscles and scar tissue
  pain
• Advice and exercise on returning to exercise safely
• Pilates home exercise programmes
• Advice on vaginal dilators and desensitisation techniques  
• Prescription service available