by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 26, 2013 | Childbirth, Pelvic Floor Friendly Exercising, Pregnancy, Prolapse and pessaries
Today I am going to take you on a journey- a patient called Annie’s (*) journey. One with sublime highs and some horrible lows, but I can tell you now, it has a happy ending. Annie is 41, has quite a small frame and has always been slim and fit. Annie has...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 19, 2013 | Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
It’s been a sad week this week. Two great men have passed away, one definitely before his time. Ross was a farmer, a wonderful family man and had tremendous faith. Bill was a builder, a wonderful family man and has been a loving husband and carer for his lovely...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 9, 2013 | Bowel Dysfunction, Pregnancy, Urinary incontinence
I recently read some research (BMJ Open 2013:3:e002789) looking at the Caesarean rate in public and private hospitals in Western Australia. It looked at births to nulliparous women during 1996-2008 (155646). The study looked at the Caesar rate depending on the source...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 2, 2013 | Childbirth, Pelvic Floor Friendly Exercising, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT), Prolapse and pessaries
Over the course of my blog writing, I have found that guest writers of blogs have been amongst the most popular of all my blogs. (No offence taken!) So recently I asked Vicki Lewis, a Personal Trainer, who took the time to find out all about ‘pelvic floor safe...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Apr 28, 2013 | Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT)
I was reading the Courier Mail the other day and saw a quote from Albert Einstein: “Imagination is more important than knowledge”. My knee jerk reaction was to write this quick Facebook entry: Now that may well be important for inventors, scientists or...