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Pelvic Health Physiotherapy in Grande Prairie
Pelvic health physiotherapy is provided by a trained physiotherapist who has taken post-graduate education focused on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pelvic health concerns. A thorough assessment by the physiotherapist will determine the correct course of treatment for you.
An internal exam may be required to properly diagnose and treat pelvic floor dysfunction. A discussion between you and your physiotherapist will determine if this is appropriate. Contact us today for an appointment.
Did You
Know?
- 50% of women who have given birth experience symptoms of prolapse
- 1/3 of women have urinary incontinence
- 1/9 of men have urinary incontinence
- 54% of athletes, both male and female have pelvic pain.
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What We Treat?
Pregnancy
- Pre-natal: pelvic/back pain, incontinence (urinary and fecal leakage), diastasis recti (abdominal muscle separation), pain with intercourse, preparing for labour/delivery.
- Post-Partum: c-section/episiotomy scars, incontinence (urinary and fecal leakage), bulging of the abdomen during lifting/exercise.
Urinary And Fecal
- Leakage of urine, gas, stool when you laugh/cough/sneeze/lift/jump/run.
- Problems emptying your bladder or bowel.
- Pollakiuria/overactive bladder (peeing frequently), urinary urgency.
- Post-void dribble (leakage after peeing), chronic constipation, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), bloating, straining to defecate.
- Nocturia (waking to pee in the night).
Pain And Prolapse
- Pelvic and back pain.
- Pressure/heaviness inside vagina or rectum.
- Pain during intercourse
- SI joint/pubic symphysis pain.
- Pudendal neuralgia (pelvic/genital nerve pain).
- Coccydynia (tail bone pain).
- Vestibulodynia/vulvodynia (vaginal/vulvar pain).
- Vaginismus (muscle tension during intercourse).
- Endometriosis pain (uterine tissues growing outside of uterus).
- Dysmenorrhea (painful periods).
Men Have Pelvises
- Incontinence (urinary and fecal).
- Pre/post-prostatectomy (prostate removal).
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate).
- Diastasis recti (abdominal separation/bulging).
- Chronic constipation, straining to defecate.