Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation ​

Incontinence can be a very "touchy" word and sometimes you can feel very embarrassed to talk about it. But do you know one in three women after they have babies suffer from incontinence?
Many different abnormal symptoms related to your waterworks can happen. Some of the common symptoms are:

• leak when you cough, laugh, sneeze, change position, exercise or get out of bed
• leak when you are rushing to the toilet
• feel you need to go to toilet again even though you just emptied your bladder
• have to go to toilet straight away when you have the urge

Pelvic floor assessment is beyond undergraduate qualification and requires women's health physiotherapist with postgraduate qualification in continence and pelvic floor rehabilitation.
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If you have any questions, please contact us and don't let the symptoms ruin your quality of life. In a lot of instances, specific pelvic floor muscle retraining can cure your symptoms.

Normalising Bowel Habits and Defaecation Retraining control

• Are you suffering from constipation for a long time?
• Are you always straining or feeling incomplete evacuation?
• Have you been always relying on laxatives to open your bowels?
• Are you worried to travel or leave the house because you may not be able to “hand on” when you have an urge?
• Do you feel bloated all the time?
• Do you always feel like you need to empty your bowels but nothing comes out?
• Do you need to wipe a lot when you finished?
• Do you sometimes leak accidentally when you pass wind?

If you experienced any of the above symptoms, you are not alone.  Please contact us and we may be able to help you.  Sometimes simple strategies and several sessions of therapy or advice may help you regain your bowel control.
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Oncology Rehabilitation and Lymphoedema Management 

Cancer is a very sensitive word. It is extremely difficult to accept the diagnosis of cancer. You might feel lost, shock, fear, anxious, distressed or even completely out of control. You may seek support groups, counseling, learn to express emotion and educate about the diagnosis from experts. But do you know research has evidence to suggest that exercise would improve the survival rate of breast cancer patients? That is great news!
Current evidence supports the benefits of physical activities for improving cancer prognosis.
According to the American cancer society, benefits of exercise during cancer treatments include:
• Improvement in balance and reduction in fall risks
• Maintenance of muscle and bone health 
• Reduction in risk of osteoporosis
• Reduction in nausea, fatigue, anxiety and depression
• Enhancement of quality of life and maintenance of independent
• Assistance with weight control
Specific research, looking at Breast Cancer survivors, demonstrates a 40% to 50% reduction in mortality by engaging in approximately three hours of walking per week at a moderate pace, as well as 26% to 46% reduction in breast cancer recurrence, compared to less active survivors.
So being a cancer survivor, why not making regular exercise a priority? Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Lymphoedema
About Lymphoedema Management
Lymphoedema clinically defines by chronic swelling of a body part for more than 3 months, and is caused by impaired lymphatic function.
The cause can be congenital and due to abnormal development of the lymphatic system, or it can be secondary to damaged lymphatic system by surgical lymph node removal (lymph node dissection), by radiotherapy treatments or trauma.
At Parenthood Physio, we expertise in lymphoedema conditions and we strive to help you manage it and facilitate you to return to your normal functions as much as possible. This may include: 
- education
- skin care advice
- exercise prescription
- compression garment prescription
- bandaging, or 
- lymphatic drainage massage.

L-Dex Bioimpedence Measurement
• for upper limb swelling
• for pre and post breast cancer treatments
We also understand early detection and treatment is crucial. So we provide a L-Dex bioimpedence measurement as a standard assessment for patients with upper limb swelling and for patients before and after their breast cancer surgery.
L-Dex bioimpedence measurement helps to detect early changes of extracellular fluid and we do suggest you to have a pre-operative assessment so a baseline value can be obtained for post-operative monitoring. For more information about the L-Dex XCA, please visit http://www.impedimed.com/medical-applications/lymphedema.