Beyond Birth Check

A comprehensive musculoskeletal online assessment to include screening of posture, biomechanics, abdominal wall and pelvic floor.

Many women will experience ‘common but not normal’ symptoms due to pregnancy or as a result of birth such as:

• back and / or pelvic pain or stiffness

• bladder and bowel dysfunction (urinary / faecal frequency, urgency, leakage, constipation, haemorrhoids)

• pelvic organ prolapse (heaviness or bulging of bladder, bowel or uterus),

• dyness, pain or lack of sensation with sexual intercourse,

• perineal or c section scar pain, tenderness, numbness, puckering

• diastasis recti (abdominal muscle separation / doming ‘mum tum’)

• joint pain

The postnatal checkup begins with a subjective assessment where all of the above areas are discussed, in addition to establishing your short and long term goals - what is it that you want to achieve with my help and guidance?

This then shapes the objective screening and allows for the most important areas to be focused upon. Are you most concerned about urinary leakage with exercise? Or is back pain affecting everyday life?

An individualised rehabilitation programme is established based on what was found within the assessment. This could include advice on pain management, use of pelvic girdle/back supports, breath work, pelvic floor & core exercises, perineal massage / stretching, functional low impact exercise and perhaps guidance with safely loading into high impact tasks such as weight training or running.