Women’s Health Physio

Performance Plus Womens Physiotherapy provides expert advice and care for all things across all stages of a womens lifespan. We are passionate about women’s health, pregnancy-related disorders and exercise, and pelvic floor related conditions.

Servicing the South Eastern Suburbs such as Glen Waverley, Wheelers Hill, Burwood, Chadstone and Oakleigh, our experienced staff work with Specialists to ensure you receive the best possible care. We provide the Women’s Health Service on the wards of Waverley Private Hospital, managing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Physiotherapy Services and we have Ourpatient Consulting rooms at 40 Lemana Crescent Mount Waverley. From Ante Natal Care through to Post Menopausal Stages, we can advise you on the best solutions to your problems.

With over years of experience and dedication to women’s health, our Physio’s provide a wealth of knowledge, expertise, care and support to women across the lifespan. Completing their post graduate certificate for Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation at Melbourne University and attending regular professional development courses helps them to remain up to date with the management of women’s pelvic health conditions.

Our Staff understand the sensitivity of your symptoms and pride themselves on the supportive and professional service they provide to all women with a wide variety of pregnancy and pelvic floor issues.

Services

Performance Plus Physiotherapists, will provide exceptional care to all women across the lifespan. Whether you are pregnant, recovering from childbirth, experiencing bladder or bowel problems, pelvic pain or prolapse symptoms, our Physio’s will provide you with the guidance and treatment to achieve your health goals. 

Scientific research shows individually tailored pelvic floor physiotherapy management can successfully change your symptoms and improve your quality of life. 

Women’s Pelvic Health 

  • Bladder control problems: urinary leakage, urgency and frequency, inability to empty and pain with urination. 
  • Bowel control problems: constipation, difficulty emptying your bowels,  leakage or urgency. 
  • Painful sex/penetration
  • Pelvic Pain (dyspareunia, vulvodynia, vaginismus, pudendal neuralgia, Endometriosis)
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse and pessary fitting.

Pregnancy 

  • Pelvic floor and core muscle strengthening
  • Abdominal Muscle Separation 
  • Pelvic girdle, back, neck and wrist pain 
  • Exercise in pregnancy 
  • Varicose veins
  • Constipation or Haemorrhoids 
  • Preparation for childbirth 

Post Birth 

  • Recovery after birth (vaginal and cesarean) 
  • Abdominal Muscle Separation
  • Pelvic floor and core muscle strengthening
  • Safe exercise after birth 
  • Mastitis and engorgement 
  • Perineal pain after birth/painful episiotomy scar 
  • Return to intimacy post birth 
  • Caesarean scar recovery 
  • Bowel urgency, frequency or constipation
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse and pessary fitting 
  • Urinary leakage, incomplete emptying or reduced bladder sensation