Postnatal Body Check
The 6 week check that’s just for mum
We Can Help With
- Returning to exercise
- Returning to sex
- Pelvic and back pain
- Core strength
- Recovery from birth
- Bladder leakage
- Constipation
- Vulvar pain
- Prolapse
- Vaginismus (pain with sexual intercourse)
- Diastasis Rectus Abdominus (separation between the abdominals)
- Nerve injuries following delivery
- Episiotomy or perineal tear pain
- Caesarean Scar pain
Ask Us About
- Your personalised ‘Return To Exercise’ Program
- Retraining your pelvic floor to gain strength, endurance and co-ordination
- How the pelvic floor affects the bladder and exercises you can do to reduce leakage, frequency and urgency
- Retraining your bowels to gain control and regularity
- Returning to sex after healing
- Exercises you can do to improve your posture while caring for your baby and breastfeeding
- Perineal and Caesarean scar recovery
What To Expect From Your Physical Assessment
- Abdominal Assessment including real-time ultrasound muscle testing
- Diastasis Recti Measurement
- Scar Assessment - for caesarean scars, episiotomies and tears
- Pelvic Floor Examination - an internal vaginal examination with real time ultrasound
- Functional movement testing
- Assessment of posture, back and neck movements
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Treatments We Offer
- Manual release of abdominal and pelvic floor muscles
- Joint mobilisation and soft tissue massage to relieve pain in joints and muscles
Your Personalised Return To Exercise Program
- A program tailored just for you
- Custom exercises designed to restore posture and alignment
- Core strengthening exercises to reduce stomach separation
- Retrain your pelvic floor to gain strength, endurance and co-ordination
- Learn when and how to return to running safely
- Get to know your limits - learn what you should and shouldn't feel when you are exercising
- Access to educational videos and exercise demonstrations to keep you motivated
- Designed to help you gently heal and adapt to the new changes in your body
Start the journey back to self

Appointment Details
- Recommended for all women following a Caesarean or vaginal birth
- Your 1 hour initial appointment is $180
- As determined by you Physiotherapist, any follow up appointments are 30 minutes and $90
- We recommend you wear something comfortable to move in, like exercise clothes