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Take control of your pelvic health!
What are you doing this year to ensure you look after your pelvic floor and help prevent future problems? The pelvic floor muscles are in an awkward place – you can’t see them and they often get forgotten about! But they are a very important group of muscles and when...
How to strengthen the pelvic floor
Good pelvic floor muscle function is important - but how do you use these muscles? And how do you know if you are doing it correctly? How to contract the pelvic floor: You can do the exercises lying, sitting or standing. When you first start it’s easier to do them...
Prostate cancer – signs, symptoms, risk factors
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Globally more than 1.3 million men are diagnosed every year, including around 3,400 in New Zealand. Many men start to have problems with their prostate as they get older, and bladder problems are common. This is mostly...
Risk factors for pelvic floor injuries during childbirth – what can be done to help stop symptoms developing later in life?
Pelvic floor problems are common in women, and one of the main risk factors is vaginal delivery. There is a growing awareness of the damage that can occur to the pelvic floor muscles and the perineum (the skin between the vagina and the anus) during a vaginal birth....
Pelvic floor injuries during childbirth
For many people, childbirth is a wonderful experience. Everything goes well, and there are no issues. However there are some who experience trauma to the pelvic floor muscles, sustained during vaginal delivery. How many does this affect? We know that around 90% of...
Period Repair Manual – Lara Briden
Book review, by Stephanie Jones. I really enjoyed this informative book by experienced Naturopathic Doctor, Lara Briden. Lara runs a clinic in Sydney, Australia. She treats women with PCOS, PMS and endometriosis, women suffering from pelvic pain, and women with a...
Liz Childs talks about the pelvic floor
Continence Awareness Week 15-21 June 2020. In recognition of this we have made a video for Continence NZ, talking about the pelvic floor muscles: - where are they? - what is their function? - how do you know if you have a problem? - how can you strengthen these...
Men have a pelvic floor too!
Many people are surprised when they learn men have pelvic floor muscles. Not only that, men can also have pelvic floor problems. Where are the pelvic floor muscles? The pelvic floor muscles are like a hammock that sits at the bottom of the pelvis. They extend from the...
Prostate cancer surgery – the advantages of seeing a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
Prostate Cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer for New Zealand men, with more than 3000 new cases each year. Many of these men undergo surgery to remove the prostate (radical prostatectomy). The side effects of this are: • urinary incontinence • erectile...