by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Jul 29, 2016 | Bowel Dysfunction, Childbirth, Dyspareunia (painful sex), Pelvic Floor Friendly Exercising, Pregnancy, Prolapse and pessaries
In a few weeks I will be presenting again to the general public on prolapse and every time I do one of these talks and I put that stat in and “50% of women over the age of 50 who have had a vaginal delivery will develop prolapse” it still really impacts on me. Because...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Jul 10, 2016 | Men's Health, Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
I work in an area that despite extraordinary figures of prevalence (urinary incontinence 1 in 3 women leak urine; faecal incontinence 1 in 10 women soil or lose gas; 27% have pelvic pain including dyspareunia (painful sex); and the doosey of prevalence 50% of women...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Jun 14, 2016 | Childbirth, Gynaecological and colorectal repair surgery, Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
On the day after the announcement of our election a couple of weeks ago, a patient and I had a discussion (whinge) about the state of politics in Australia. It was prophetic because I had been struggling to find the word (in my head when listening to the numerous...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | Jun 1, 2016 | Travel blogs, conference reports and Sue's musings
Blogs are usually about words but today, on this the first (1st) day of winter, the 1st of June, this blog is about numbers because THIS is my 200th blog. Yes, that’s correct – 200 blogs (articles about the bladder, bowel, pelvic floor, pelvic pain,...
by Sue Croft Physiotherapist | May 24, 2016 | Menopause and Ageing, Urinary incontinence
I am getting many questions lately about nocturia and so I thought I would post a quick blog about it. As I have been snowed under with work, I decided to do the quick easy blog and this information has been taken directly from the Cleveland Clinic website. (hence...