Congratulations on the birth of your wonderful bundle of joy and welcome to motherhood!

It is not uncommon to be left with symptoms postnatally or to have a new onset of
symptoms that you were not expecting. Some mothers may also be unsure how to
return to exercise safely or how to rehab a diastasis recti (abdominal separation).
Being a mummy herself Louise has learnt that caring for yourself is also caring for your
baby and she is therefore very much here to support you to achieve your goals.

Symptoms you may experience can include:

• Pelvic girdle pain or back pain
• Wrist and hand pain, pins & needles in fingers
• Urinary incontinence 
• Faecal incontinence
• Prolapse
• Diastasis Recti 
• C-section scar tissue issues
• Pain with intercourse
• Post 2nd and 3rd degree tear with bladder or bowel dysfunction or scar pain

Postnatal body check (includes assessment and treatment for):

• Separation of the abdominal muscles (diastasis or divarification of rectus
  abdominis) 
• Perineal trauma from childbirth
• Prolapse post childbirth
• Postnatal pelvic floor dysfunction
• Postnatal return to exercise
• Advice and fitting of vaginal pessary options to support recovery of prolapse
  and return to exercise
• Advice on stress urinary incontinence and options for intravaginal devices for
  safe return to exercise
   

Treatments may include:

• Pilates based home exercise programmes
• Pelvic floor muscle training
• EMG Biofeedback and Electrical stimulation to enhance pelvic floor strengthening
• Soft tissue massage for C-section scars
• Pelvic floor muscle release techniques for overactivity of muscles and scar tissue
  pain
• Advice and exercise on returning to exercise safely
• Pilates home exercise programmes
• Advice on vaginal dilators and desensitisation techniques  
• Prescription service available