by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Apr 18, 2013 | Pelvic Floor Friendly Exercising, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT), Prolapse and pessaries
Tonight I was sending an email to the owner of my gym to draw him (and his great Goodlife Gym at Graceville) into the Pelvic Floor Safe exercising web and was trawling through all my blogs to link him in to one that succinctly summarized all the key points….and I...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Apr 14, 2013 | Childbirth
Every week, when assessing patients who have come for help with pelvic floor dysfunction, I find women who have significant muscle or nerve damage to their pelvic floor. This results in either a very weak muscle contraction or a sensory deficit such that they cannot...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Apr 7, 2013 | Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT), Prolapse and pessaries, Urinary incontinence
Often I get an idea for a blog when consulting with a patient – a reaction to something they have said and I think: ‘You know that’s a really important message – I must write a blog about that!’ And so I jot the thought on a post-it note...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Mar 31, 2013 | Bowel Dysfunction, Menopause and Ageing, Urinary incontinence
Peg’s been at it again – sending joke emails to all her friends. They mostly all have a theme – aging and its drawbacks – that aging ain’t for sissies!! I’d thought I’d share this one with you because it’s relevant to...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Mar 25, 2013 | Bowel Dysfunction, Men's Health, Menopause and Ageing, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT), Urinary incontinence
Well after 73 posts I am finally going to address the Elephant in the Room! Yes, I have been very sexist in my blog writing and have rarely mentioned the poor male of the species. Yes! men do suffer with urinary incontinence, albeit mostly 20-30 years after women are...