Women’s Health Physiotherapy is available for female patients over the age of 18 who have experienced:
1) overactive bladder syndrome (patient reporting increased frequency of needing to go to pass urine, increased urgency to pass urine, leakage of urine en route to the toilet)
2) stress urinary incontinence (patient reports leakage or urine under bladder stress, e.g., when coughing, laughing, exercising, sneezing)
3) mixed urinary incontinence (patient reporting leakage of urine en route to the toilet AND leakage of urine under bladder stress e.g., when coughing, laughing, exercising, sneezing)
4) pelvic organ prolapse (patient has been diagnosed by a clinician OR they report heaviness, aching, dragging, or bulging into the vagina)
5) post-natal pelvic floor dysfunction (including any of the above conditions which have started after the patient has given birth in additional to Perineal Tears)
6) Menopausal Uro-Genital dysfunctions (including the above in addition to vulvovaginal pain)
7) urge urinary incontinence
Service Exclusions:
patients who are assigned male at birth (including male patients and transgender women)
patients presenting with Urinary Tract Infection symptoms (burning/pain when passing urine, increased frequency and urgency of passing urine, feeling unwell, abdominal pain)
patients with bladder cancer ‘red flag’ symptoms, such as unexplained bladder changes in addition to haematuria
patients with gynaecological cancer ‘red flag’ symptoms, such as unexplained bloating, dyspareunia, post coital bleeding
pelvic pain which has not been investigated
Patients can self refer to the service by calling our Reception; patients can also be referred by a Practice clinicians.