Pelvic Health + Continence Physiotherapy
for all
About ShePhysio
ShePhysio is dedicated to helping people of all gender identities live a happier and healthier life using professional experience and care.
Professional Care
Personal Care
Pelvic Physiotherapy
ShePhysio sees people with conditions affecting pelvic health, intimacy and daily life. Primarily, this includes women and girls and those born with a uterus and vagina.
Pelvic conditions include pain, gynaecological issues, prolapse, incontinence, urine and bowel issues.
Urine issues include incontinence/leakage, pain, recurrent UTIs and voiding difficulty.
Bowel issues include incontinence/leakage, pain, fissures, constipation and straining.
Painful gynaecological conditions include endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, lichens etc.
ShePhysio sees people with pelvic pain related to tight muscles. This can present as pain with sex and intimacy, menstrual pain, tampon/menstrual cup use, ovulation pain, pain at pre-menses, bladder pain or pain related to bowels and gut.
ShePhysio specialises in pregnancy and postnatal issues including: pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, spinal pain, abdominal separation, pelvic weakness, prolapse, rib pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, de quervain’s.
ShePhysio aims to see you if you have mastitis within 24 hours.
ShePhysio combines a variety of approaches to achieve your goals: manual therapy, education regarding your condition, pain science education, advice, behavioural techniques, exercise for strengthening specific muscles, endurance, stretching, and functional benefit.
Importantly, you will be shown how to relax abdominal and pelvic muscles if necessary. You will learn better techniques for passing urine and bowel motions.
I am adept with additional techniques - dry needling, taping, bracing.
ShePhysio is committed to you in your journey to pelvic wellness.
Meet our Physios:
Annette Beauchamp
Anny is a physiotherapist who loves to help people achieve their best pelvic health.
Anny first trained as a registered nurse in 1984 and loved being a nurse in Townsville, Melbourne and the UK. She graduated from La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 1994. She completed her post-graduate studies in Continence and Pelvic Rehabilitation at University of Melbourne in 1999/2000.
She loves to continue her education every day, completing courses and keeping up to date with current approaches to conditions and care.
Anny has extensive experience in both hospital and community settings.
She is very practical in her approach to physio.
Services
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Persistent Pelvic Pain + Dyspareunia
Chronic or persistent pelvic pain is defined as being present on most days for 6 months and affects 15-25% of women and 2-16% of men. Pain can be felt in the pelvic organs, tissues, muscles, ligaments and nerves.
She will help you understand contributing factors: hormonal, inflammatory, infective, overuse, or habitual changes in the tissues.
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Prolapse
Pelvic Organ Prolapse is the descent of organs through the vagina that may be felt as a heavy or uncomfortable lump in the vagina or over the sacrum (low spine).
Treatments involve pelvic muscle strengthening, modifying lifestyle factors and prescription of pessaries.
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy involves rapid changes in shape, posture, hormones and blood volumes. This creates different pressures on your body which can be uncomfortable or painful.
Pelvic assessment during pregnancy is invaluable in helping new mothers feel educated, confident and prepared for baby’s arrival.
Pelvic therapy can be provided for you with pelvic girdle pain, rib pain, urinary incontinence and constipation.
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Post-Natal Care
Post-Natal Care is essential to a new mother’s wellbeing and may involve treating the pelvic floor muscles and contents, pelvic girdle, abdomen, breasts and hands. Several issues can arise with recovery from vaginal or caesarean birth, such as prolapse, urinary and ano-rectal problems and these require active rehabilitation.
Plan to have an assessment at 4-6 weeks for rehabilitation advice.
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Mastitis, Breastfeeding issue
Mastitis may arise at any time in your breastfeeding journey.
It is often associated with a change in routines in the previous 24-48 hours.Treatment includes ultrasound, laser therapy, education and advice.
I am happy to see you most days of the year!
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Bladder Health
Bladder issues include urinary incontinence (leakage), incomplete emptying, difficulty passing urine, painful urination, recurrent urinary tract infections or chronic bladder pain syndrome.
Different symptoms require different therapy.
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Bowel Health
Bowel issues include constipation and straining, incomplete emptying, painful defecation, wind or stool leakage, pain in the rectum or sphincter, irritable bowel syndrome and the more serious inflammatory bowel disease.
Different symptoms require different therapy.