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Pelvic Health Physiotherapy in Derry
Personalised care through pregnancy, after birth and beyond.
Whether you’re preparing for birth, recovering afterwards or experiencing pelvic health concerns, we’re here to listen and help you understand your body. Explore our antenatal and postnatal appointments, postnatal check-ups and Reformer Pilates at our Derry clinic.
What is Pelvic Health Physiotherapy?
Pelvic Health Physiotherapy is a specialist Physiotherapy service that focuses on the Pelvis and the Pelvic Floor.
Pelvic health physiotherapists assess and treat the pelvic floor muscles which are supportive muscles that surround the bladder opening, vagina and bowel. The function of these muscles is to tighten (which closes the bladder and bowel) and relax (which opens to pass urine or stool). These muscles are also included in sexual function.
lf you have dysfunction in these muscles, you may experience problems like:
- Bladder/ Bowel problems
- Prolapse
- Pelvic pain
- Pregnancy-related pain
- Sexual pain
Bladder symptoms you may experience include:
- Leaking with sneezing, laughing, jumping.
- Having a strong urge to get to the bathroom.
- Having increased trips to the bathroom.
- Not making it to the bathroom in time.
Bowel symptoms include:
- Leaking from your back passage.
- Constipation.
A vaginal prolapse occurs when the pelvic organs bulge into the vagina, causing the vagina walls to move downwards. There are different types of pelvic organ prolapse, and you can have more than one type.
Common symptoms include:
- A feeling of something coming down into the vagina or vaginal heaviness/bulge (like wearing a tampon)
This is pain that is persistent for more than six months. You may experience aches and pains in your pelvis and surrounding joints/tissues.
Pelvic yarn during pregnancy
Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) is a pain in the joints that make up your pelvic girdle. The pain/discomfort is often felt:
- Over the pubic bone at the front
- Below your tummy
- Across one side (or both sides) of your lower back
This is pain felt during sexual intercourse which can be a result of pelvic floor dysfunction.
Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) is pain in the joints that make up your pelvic girdle.
The pain/discomfort is often felt:
- Over the pubic bone at the front
- Below your tummy
- Across one side (or both sides) of your lower back
Support at Every Stage
For Antenatal and Postnatal Group Reformer Pilates, please contact our Derry clinic directly to join the waiting list.
Give us a call at +44 28 7126 9262
