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The Pelvic Health Physiotherapy team aims to prevent or alleviate the physical and emotional stresses of pregnancy and labour, and help the postnatal recovery.
We aim to help women with bladder, bowel and prolapse problems by giving them pelvic floor exercises and advice on healthy bladder and bowels to improve their symptoms and quality of life.
We are all female physiotherapists with specialist training in this area.
We treat our women at Jessop Hospital and RHH. You will be informed which hospital to come to when you book your out-patient appointment.
We also treat women on the post natal wards in the first few days after their delivery.
We treat pregnant women with the following conditions:
Women who are currently pregnant, living in Sheffield and booked with the Jessop Hospital ,can self-refer to physiotherapy using this website: My Pathway If you unable to self refer due to language, disability or technology can ask your midwife or GP to complete a referral. We offer individual appointments or a group sessions.
Did you know that around 1 in 5 women experience discomfort around their pelvic area in pregnancy. If you are experience pain around your pelvis or back whilst getting dressed, turning over in bed, getting in and out of the car and walking, or if you leak urine when you cough and sneeze or on the way to the toilet, then you could benefit from an assessment by a pelvic health physiotherapist.
The Pelvic Health team based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Jessop Hospital wing treat women who are referred to us from the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals gynaecology, colorectal and urology teams.
Alternatively if you live in Sheffield and have a Sheffield GP, you can request a GP referral to the Sheffield Community Continence and Pelvic Health team, who assess and treat patients within community care settings.
Bladder, bowel and vaginal conditions are unfortunately a common problem for many people . These issues are often ignored due to embarrassment and lack of awareness of what can be done to help.
Pelvic Health Physiotherapists are highly skilled in the assessment, management and treatment of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and can provide you with support to manage your symptoms
National guidelines recommend that women with incontinence problems should be offered at least 3 months of pelvic floor exercises, and those with mild or moderate prolapse should be offered at least 4 months of pelvic floor exercises taught by a specialist physiotherapist or continence nurse. There is evidence that the pelvic floor exercises work to strengthen the muscles reduces prolapse symptoms and decrease leakage.
We offer pelvic floor exercises and rehabilitation, advice on healthy bladder and bowels, electrical stimulation and bio-feedback feedback for the pelvic floor muscles. We also provide management for pelvic floor relaxation and painful sex. We assess the pelvic floor muscles by vaginal examination and we shall be asking your consent before doing this examination.
We treat women with:
Your first appointment will last one hour and follow-up appointments will be made 4-6 weeks later and will last for 30 minutes.
We also offer pelvic health group sessions, which last for one hour and provide useful advice and teach pelvic floor exercises for bladder, bowel and vaginal issues.
Pregnancy-related low back pain and pelvic girdle pain (PGP)
We accept referrals from GPs, midwives and health visitors for up to 1 year post birth.
If you were seen by a physiotherapist during your pregnancy, then you can phone 01142713090 to make another appointment up to 3 months after giving birth.
Did you know that:
Pregnancy and childbirth can lead to problems for the pelvic floor muscles especially if you have had an assisted vaginal birth, an episiotomy or significant tear or a very large baby. It is important to do your pelvic floor exercises regularly during pregnancy and after having your baby, to reduce the risk of have future problems with incontinence.
We treat postnatal women who have the following:
Pregnancy-related low back pain and pelvic girdle pain (PGP)
Carpal tunnel syndrome in pregnancy
Pelvic floor exercises for women
Physiotherapy advice following a third or fourth degree tear
