Perinatal Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Service
Welcome to the Perinatal Pelvic Health (PPH) Physiotherapy and Midwifery joint services webpage.
We are here to help you during your pregnancy and in the first year after your baby is born. Our team includes midwives, doctors, and health visitors.
Some people may have problems like:
- Accidentally weeing when they cough, sneeze, laugh, jump, or run,
- Feeling like they always need to go for a wee,
- A heavy feeling in the vagina,
- Pain when having sex,
- Trouble holding in wind or poo,
- Pain in the pelvis during pregnancy,
- Perineal tear and wound concerns.
Doing simple things like trying to improve your general health, managing stress, and practicing pelvic floor exercises can help these problems.
Please note that The Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy (POGP) leaflets in the drop down menus below can be read in a wide variety of languages by selecting accessibility and language options and selecting the dark blue 'change language' tab.
- Pelvic floor muscle exercises (for women)
- Pelvic floor exercises (for trans-men, trans-masculine and non-binary)
- Video - How to squeeze your pelvic floor muscles
- Video - How to squeeze your pelvic floor muscles for young women
- Information on recommended Squeezy app for pelvic floor muscle exercises
If your symptoms are not improving and you are continuing to get a heavy feeling in your vagina, please self-refer to physio using the link at the top of this page.