by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Aug 29, 2016 | Dyspareunia (painful sex), Persistent pelvic pain, Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
You may remember that I took over the pain relaxation class a couple of months ago. I want to report to you about this class. Monday has become a long day – with me now starting the day at 7.30am and rocking home by 7.30pm. If I didn’t love the concept and...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Aug 10, 2016 | Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
Me turned 6o, Mum 91!!, Jill photo-bombing in the background What’s worse than turning 60? Well my Mum (who is 91) reckons it’s having the youngest child turn 60! I’d say she had a point except that everyone at my family party reckoned that Mum was...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Jul 29, 2016 | Bowel Dysfunction, Childbirth, Dyspareunia (painful sex), Pelvic Floor Friendly Exercising, Pregnancy, Prolapse and pessaries
In a few weeks I will be presenting again to the general public on prolapse and every time I do one of these talks and I put that stat in and “50% of women over the age of 50 who have had a vaginal delivery will develop prolapse” it still really impacts on me. Because...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Jul 10, 2016 | Men's Health, Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
I work in an area that despite extraordinary figures of prevalence (urinary incontinence 1 in 3 women leak urine; faecal incontinence 1 in 10 women soil or lose gas; 27% have pelvic pain including dyspareunia (painful sex); and the doosey of prevalence 50% of women...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Jun 14, 2016 | Childbirth, Gynaecological and colorectal repair surgery, Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
On the day after the announcement of our election a couple of weeks ago, a patient and I had a discussion (whinge) about the state of politics in Australia. It was prophetic because I had been struggling to find the word (in my head when listening to the numerous...