Women’s Health

Our specialised Women’s Health care supports you through every stage of your pregnancy journey, from pregnancy to post-birth recovery. We provide tailored treatment for pain, continence, and core strength, helping you regain vitality.

Pregnancy Care

Although pregnancy can be an exciting time, it can often also be an uncomfortable one with back, neck or pelvic pain, tingling hands and continence problems.

At MOVE we provide hands on treatment for pregnancy related health concerns such as back and hip pain, pelvic girdle instability, sacroiliac joint pain and swelling.

We also provide a range of effective ways to maintain your fitness during pregnancy and prescribe tailored exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor to avoid any incontinence during and following pregnancy. Specialised pregnancy support aids such as compression garments and belts can be recommended if necessary.

Post Pregnancy and Returning to Exercise

Regaining pre-pregnancy fitness and vitality is paramount to new mothers.

At MOVE we tailor exercises specific to you to restore your posture and core strength. We will provide advice for back care in relation to breastfeeding and carrying positions. A home strengthening exercise program can be provided to complete at home with your newborn.

We assess pelvic floor function and measure abdominal separation with the aim of preventing incontinence symptoms or prolapses that can arise when exercise is recommenced too soon or incorrectly. We will refer you to qualified continence and pelvic floor physiotherapists if your symptoms require more specialised attention.

We welcome you and your baby to attend these sessions together as we understand how life has changed and the importance of caring for yourself in order to care for your little one.

Pregnancy Clinical Pilates

Our private one-on-one sessions are safe and effective and we prescribe an individualised program comprising of a variety of low weight-bearing exercises for women during pregnancy.

These sessions are conducted under the guidance of a physiotherapist that has undergone training in pregnancy and pelvic floor health.

The aim of these sessions is to help strengthen muscles affected by pregnancy, prepare your body for labour and reduce recovery time post birth. A tailored home exercise program will also be provided to complement these sessions.