Women’s health physical therapy

Did you know that there’s a whole specialty called physical therapy for women’s health? A lot of people may not be aware of it, However, Women’s health physical therapy is becoming more widely known recently, although it has been in practice for almost 30 years or even more

The focus in this specialty is to determine gynaecological and obstetric problems of women, then perform physical therapy evaluation and design a plan of treatment (physical therapy)

It deals with conditions such as:

– Diastasis recti
– pelvic pain
– pelvic girdle pain
– problems during pregnancy and postpartum
– breast and gynecologic cancer
– osteoporosis in females

It also aims to educate women about the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and prepare them for getting pregnant through antenatal care classes