Maternity physiotherapy and the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS)
Maternity physiotherapy services available from early pregnancy until one year after birth, including treatment and support for pregnancy and postnatal pelvic health conditions, referral options, and how to access specialist physiotherapy care.
The physiotherapy team will see patients with:
- Pelvic Girdle Pain (pain in the area from your lower tummy to just below your hips, up to 36 weeks pregnant)
- Diastasis Rectus Abdominis (gap of more than 3 fingers between the middle of your tummy muscles)
- Urinary urgency (needing to pee “right now”)
- Urinary incontinence (leaking pee)
- Faecal urgency (needing to poo “right now”)
- Faecal incontinence (leaking poo)
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse (your womb, bladder or rectum sliding down into your vagina)
- Vaginal and vulval pain, or pain on sex (after baby is born only, we do not treat this in pregnancy)
If you develop any of these problems after 1 year post birth, please ask your GP to refer you to us.
Maternity physiotherapy is available via the PPHS from the beginning of pregnancy up until 1 year post birth.
You can access our services through our Form below, or by asking your midwife, health visitor or GP for the form. Your midwife or GP can also refer you to us themselves.
You may be given a group appointment, a one-to-one appointment, or be directed to some resources depending on the nature of your problem and your stage of pregnancy, if you’re still pregnant.
