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

Postnatal Check
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