Directory
This Pregnancy and Postnatal Health and Fitness Professionals Directory provides you with a guide on who you can see during and after your pregnancy, to help you to stay fit safely and regain your fitness post birth. It lists some of the physiotherapists in Australia who work in the area of Women's Health, should you need help with a specific problem.
Women's Health Physiotherapy services are available to help with pregnancyand postnatal back pain,
pelvic joint pain, wrist pain, mastitis, pelvic floor problems, abdominal muscle separation, painful scar tissue or stitches and haemorrhoids.
Each listing links you to the website and contact details of the Physiotherapy Practice so that you can find out more detail their services.
Registered Fitness Instructors in Australia who have a special interest in Pregnancy and Postnatal Fitness
and have done additional training courses in the area are listed, in the Level 1 and Level 2 rating process.
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Women's and Men's Health Physiotherapy specialises exclusively in the area of continence management, pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation and physical conditions of pregnancy and the postnatal period.
Shan Morrison, a fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists and one of only ten Specialist Continence and Women's Health Physiotherapists in Australia leads a group of experienced post graduate trained physiotherapists.
Our comfortable and private consulting suites are conveniently located in Malvern, Hampton, East Bentleigh, East Melbourne and Box Hill.
Ph: 03 9521 0444
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Innovative Physio/Pilates founded by Gillian Smith, Musculoskeletal/Women’s Health Physiotherapist and Debbi Fretus, Pilates Practitioner/Myotherapist, have a keen focus on preparing women for pregnancy and returning to ideal function after the birth. Back, pelvic pain and incontinence for a new or expectant mum can be a great bother. Both being working mums we understand the conflicting pressures of motherhood so we aim to treat and empower women to be free of back, pelvic pain and be dry.
We work with the real time ultrasound to make sure the pelvic floor muscles are correctly recruited along with the abdominal cylinder, back and scapula muscles, encouraging ideal functional movement patterns. Innovative Physio has a mind body focus. Women can then partake in pelvic floor safe Pilates in our exercise studio either one on one or in groups. Our vision is all women enjoy pelvic floor fitness and optimal body functional movements for bladder, bowel and back health.
Ph: (03) 9776 1287
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Innovative Physio/Pilates founded by Gillian Smith post-graduate Musculoskeletal and Women’s Health Physiotherapist and Debbi Fretus, Pilates Practitioner and Myotherapist, have a keen focus on preparing women for pregnancy and rehabilitating to ideal function after the birth of their child. Gillian lectures to the fitness industry and at professional conferences on Pelvic Floor Muscle Health and the risk of prolapse and incontinence in the strength based fitness environment.
Back, pelvic pain and incontinence (evidence supports this link) for a new or expectant mum can be a great bother.
Gillian and Debbi have founded an Educational Model called Pelvic Floor Fitness which provides fitness instructors working with women, especially pregnant and postnatal, with assessment skills on whether your clients are correctly recruiting their pelvic floor. This is a critical movement pattern for safe and effective exercise.
Ph: (03) 9776 1287
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Vanea Atwood is a Physiotherapist working in Women’s Health and Continence and a Clinical Pilates Teacher providing Pelvic Floor Safe Exercise Services.
Vanea offers an experienced, professional approach to pre and post natal Physiotherapy and Pelvic floor problems. Individual Pelvic Floor Assessment and treatment is carried out in a private consulting room and is part of the overall approach to safe exercise and improved pelvic health outcomes for all clients.
Small Group education and individual exercise prescription for women, is the best practise setting for re- training pelvic problems.
Ph: 02 9958 8986
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