Every birth is different, and every person's recovery is different.

Your treatment programme will therefore be tailored to your symptoms, your stage of recovery and what you want to achieve.

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Treatment may include:

 

Hands On Physiotherapy

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Hands-on treatment can be used where appropriate to help manage discomfort and support movement.

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Depending on your individual needs, this may include:

• Soft tissue techniques

• Gentle joint mobilisation

• Manual techniques around the back and pelvis

• Scar-related treatment where appropriate

• Techniques to support comfortable movement

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Hands-on treatment is combined with active rehabilitation where appropriate, rather than being relied upon as the only form of treatment.

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Any hands-on treatment will be discussed with you beforehand and carried out with your consent.

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Postnatal Exercise

Rebuild Your Strength Gradually

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Exercise can play an important role in postnatal recovery.

However, returning to exercise isn't about rushing back to where you were before pregnancy.

It's about gradually rebuilding your body's capacity.

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Your programme may include:

• Pelvic floor exercises

• Breathing and pressure management

• Core and abdominal rehabilitation

• Strength exercises

• Hip and lower-limb strengthening

• Mobility work

• Balance and stability

• Functional exercises

• Progressive return to impact

• Return-to-running preparation

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Your exercises will be appropriate for your stage of recovery and progressed as your strength and confidence improve.

 

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Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation

Supporting Your Pelvic Health

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Pregnancy and birth can place significant demands on the pelvic floor.

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You may experience:

• Urinary leakage

• Difficulty controlling your bladder

• Pelvic heaviness

• A feeling of pressure

• Bowel control difficulties

• Difficulty contracting the pelvic floor

• Difficulty relaxing the pelvic floor

• Discomfort during sexual activity

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These symptoms are worth discussing.

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Your physiotherapist can assess your symptoms and, where appropriate, develop an individualised pelvic floor rehabilitation programme.

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This may involve learning how to:

• Contract the pelvic floor effectively

• Relax the pelvic floor

• Coordinate breathing and pelvic floor activity

• Manage pressure during movement

• Gradually increase pelvic floor strength and endurance

• Apply pelvic floor control to everyday activities and exercise

• Where clinically appropriate, an internal pelvic floor assessment may be offered. This would always be explained beforehand and undertaken only with your informed consent.

 

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Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation

Supporting Your Pelvic Health

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Pregnancy and birth can place significant demands on the pelvic floor.

You may experience:

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• Urinary leakage

• Difficulty controlling your bladder

• Pelvic heaviness

• A feeling of pressure

• Bowel control difficulties

• Difficulty contracting the pelvic floor

• Difficulty relaxing the pelvic floor

• Discomfort during sexual activity

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These symptoms are worth discussing.

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Your physiotherapist can assess your symptoms and, where appropriate, develop an individualised pelvic floor rehabilitation programme.

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• This may involve learning how to:

• Contract the pelvic floor effectively

• Relax the pelvic floor

• Coordinate breathing and pelvic floor activity

• Manage pressure during movement

• Gradually increase pelvic floor strength and endurance

• Apply pelvic floor control to everyday activities and exercise

• Where clinically appropriate, an internal pelvic floor assessment may be offered. This would always be explained beforehand and undertaken only with your informed consent.

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Abdominal Recovery

Rebuilding Your Core After Pregnancy

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Your abdominal muscles naturally change during pregnancy as your body adapts to accommodate your growing baby.

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After birth, you may notice:

• A change in abdominal shape

• Abdominal weakness

• A feeling of reduced core support

• Diastasis recti / abdominal separation

• Difficulty returning to previous exercises

• Changes in posture or movement

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Rather than focusing solely on appearance, we assess how your abdominal wall functions.

Your rehabilitation may include:

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Breathing

Understanding how your breathing and abdominal muscles work together.

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Core Control

Learning to coordinate your abdominal muscles during movement.

 

Strength

Gradually rebuilding your ability to generate and tolerate force.

 

Functional Movement

Using your core effectively during lifting, carrying and everyday activities.

 

Progressive Exercise

Building towards more challenging movements and the activities you want to return to.

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Caesarean Recovery

Supporting Your Body After a C-Section

 

A caesarean birth is a major abdominal operation and recovery takes time.

Postnatal physiotherapy may help you gradually rebuild movement and strength following your surgery.

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Depending on your stage of recovery, treatment may include:

• Gentle movement

• Abdominal rehabilitation

• Postural advice

• Strengthening

• Scar management

• Functional rehabilitation

• Returning to exercise

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Any scar treatment will only be considered when appropriate for your stage of healing and with your consent.

If you have concerns about your scar, wound healing or other post-operative symptoms, these should also be discussed with your GP, midwife or appropriate medical professional.

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Perineal Recovery

Supporting Your Recovery After Vaginal Birth

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Vaginal birth can affect the pelvic floor and surrounding tissues.

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Some women experience:

• Perineal discomfort

• Pelvic floor weakness

• Changes in bladder control

• Pelvic heaviness

• Discomfort during sexual activity

• Reduced confidence with exercise

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Physiotherapy can provide appropriate assessment, education and rehabilitation to support your recovery.

Where symptoms are persistent or concerning, we can also advise when further assessment from another healthcare professional may be appropriate.