by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 1, 2014 | Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
It’s coming up for three years since I wrote my first blog and in all that time, one of my most ardent supporters has been Bob – my husband, the clever artist (who did all the drawings/ diagrams in my books) and all round good guy that you, who have bought...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Apr 22, 2014 | Pelvic Floor Friendly Exercising, Prolapse and pessaries
Well it’s taken a while but here we are at the end of the prolapse talk – the final step in managing prolapse and boy is it important! Thankfully these days, women are understanding the value of exercise for many reasons – prevention of osteoporosis,...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Mar 31, 2014 | Childbirth, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT)
We’ve been having a discussion on Facebook in our Women’s Health group about the use of the Epi-No as a preventative strategy for Levator Avulsion and so I decided to re-blog my Levator Avulsion blog.
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Mar 26, 2014 | Bowel Dysfunction, Prolapse and pessaries
Remember this series of blogs relates to a talk I did for the public a few weeks ago and Part 4 of the 5 Step Plan is all about bowels. Bowels Bring Down Prolapse (and cause failure of operations): WHY? Never taught correctly as a child how to defaecate Bad...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Mar 17, 2014 | Pelvic Floor Friendly Exercising, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT), Prolapse and pessaries, Urinary incontinence
Role of the pelvic floor muscles: Support the pelvic viscera. Prevention of loss of urine, gas and faeces with increase in intra-abdominal pressure eg cough, sneeze, bending, laugh, lift. Prevent worsening of prolapse Detrusor inhibition (the smooth muscle pump of the...
