Overview

We assess and treat musculoskeletal pain associated with pregnancy. This includes:

• pelvic girdle pain
• low back pain with or without leg pain
• carpel tunnel syndrome
• De Quervain's (pain in the tendons of your wrist)
• hip or bottom pain
• rib and /or middle back pain
• diastasis rectus abdominis (separation of tummy muscles)

We offer walk-in appointments for people with pregnancy related musculoskeletal pain at the maternity assessment clinic and in the antenatal clinic. These are on a first come, first serve basis.

• Mondays, 8.30am to 10am, maternity assessment clinic
• Wednesdays, 2pm to 4pm, antenatal clinic

We also provide a pelvic floor physiotherapy service. We see people with pelvic floor dysfunction, such as bladder, bowel, vaginal and sexual problems.

Conditions we treat include:

• stress urinary incontinence
• urinary urgency and urgency urge incontinence
• mixed urinary incontinence
• overactive bladder
• voiding dysfunction
• pelvic organ prolapse
• pain during sex
• pelvic pain
• vaginal and/or vulval pain
• constipation
• bowel incontinence
• pelvic floor problems during pregnancy

Health information

Pelvic Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy provides information about pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain and low back pain during pregnancy and after having a baby.