by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Feb 13, 2017 | Dyspareunia (painful sex), Persistent pelvic pain, Urinary incontinence
Yoga is wonderful for decreasing anxiety and hypervigilance Another of the Nuggets associated with our pain relaxation class. Hypervigilance is an enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviours whose purpose is to detect...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Feb 7, 2017 | Persistent pelvic pain
Who isn’t feeling a bit anxious lately? Between the political landscape worldwide and the ever-distressing weather, amongst other things, there is plenty to be anxious about. (BTW if you live in Brisbane and are feeling a little whingy about our day-after-day...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Dec 30, 2016 | Bowel Dysfunction, Dyspareunia (painful sex), Persistent pelvic pain, Urinary incontinence
My family are always very helpful when looking for “the” Xmas present for me. This year we had a different version of Secret Santa called Bad Santa – where you have a price limit (which almost nobody appeared to pay any attention to) and you buy a...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 3, 2016 | Persistent pelvic pain
The brain decides whether there is going to be pain or not!! This quick blog is really just to capitalize on the visuals included. You know the old saying- a picture is worth a thousand words- well I think these three pictures have got the pain story nailed. We had...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 1, 2016 | Dyspareunia (painful sex), Persistent pelvic pain
Before you start reading this, take a moment to ponder this beautiful scene at Glenelg These days I spend half my working day telling women (and men) to tighten their pelvic floor to help manage urinary incontinence and prolapse. Then the other half, I tell women...
