Looking for women’s health physiotherapy in Melbourne to support you during and after pregnancy, ease pelvic pain or address incontinence or pelvic floor weakness? At The Alignment Studio, you’re in safe, skilled and practised hands.
Committed to whole-body care, our compassionate and experienced women’s health physiotherapist specialises in pelvic floor rehabilitation and sexual health therapy for relief from pain, discomfort and embarrassment.
Whether you’re struggling with chronic pelvic pain or endometriosis, bowel or bladder incontinence or sexual dysfunction, Nursah can assist. Book a women’s health physiotherapy appointment today for expert assessment, advice and treatment, and improve your quality of life.
Also known as pelvic floor physiotherapy, women’s health physiotherapy is a highly specialised field that addresses pelvic health concerns from early adulthood through pregnancy and childbirth, to menopause and beyond.
Pelvic health physios treat conditions including bladder and bowel incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and post-surgical recovery, pelvic pain, sexual pain and dysfunction, and pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.
Their work involves assessing, treating and retraining the muscles of the pelvic floor – a hammock-like structure of muscles and tissues that supports the bladder, uterus and bowel in women – to improve function and reduce pain.
Expanding your family? For many women, conditions such as prolapse and incontinence often develop during pregnancy and after giving birth. To help with early prevention and management, we offer Prenatal Physiotherapy Screening and Postnatal Physiotherapy Assessment.
Menopause is another time when issues like sexual dysfunction and prolapse can arise with the thinning of tissues and weakening of pelvic floor muscles.
Our pelvic health physio supports women through every life stage and its unique challenges.
Convenient Location
Located centrally in Collins Place, we’re the go-to physio in Melbourne for office workers and accessible to commuters by tram and train.
Specialised Pelvic Pain Physiotherapy
Real-Time Ultrasound
Providing visual biofeedback, real-time ultrasound allows you to see what your pelvic floor muscles are doing, helping you connect with an area that can be difficult to engage.
Fully Equipped Rehab Studio
Holistic Perinatal Care
With Clinical Pilates, pregnancy massage, myotherapy and nutrition consults also available, we’ll take care of you throughout your pregnancy.
Quick And Easy Booking
We’ll take a detailed history, then explain how the pelvic floor muscles work using an anatomical model.
After an external examination of your pelvis, you’ll be asked for consent for an internal examination – consisting of a vaginal examination and rectal exam if required. During the exam, we will ask you to perform pelvic floor exercises. The treatment is NOT meant to be painful and can be stopped at any time.
We then develop a tailored treatment plan.
Previously running her own practice in Türkiye with post-graduate training in pelvic health, TAS physio Nursah Katkak specialises in pelvic floor rehabilitation and sexual health therapy for women, as well as musculoskeletal injury and Clinical Pilates.
No. There’s no need for a referral to have a pelvic health check.
If you are not keen on an internal check, your physio will discuss other options, such as real-time ultrasound.
This is very common and can point to stress urinary incontinence, which occurs when the pelvic floor, diaphragm and deep core muscles aren’t coordinating well after pregnancy and birth. Thankfully, with targeted pelvic floor and whole-body rehabilitation, most women see significant improvement, and many become completely symptom-free.
It’s crucial to use the right technique (many women push when they should be lifting), and that’s where a women’s physio is invaluable. In your sessions, I ensure you’re activating your pelvic floor correctly, whether that’s through an internal assessment or real-time ultrasound. Once you know what the correct activation feels like, I provide simple tips and techniques to use at home so you can practise confidently.
If physiotherapy is deemed medically necessary, it may be covered under a chronic condition management plan. Consult with your GP or obstetrician for advice.
Yes. We offer men’s health physiotherapy for men’s health conditions related to the pelvic floor. It can be beneficial pre- and post-prostatectomy and in cases of chronic pelvic pain and bowel and bladder issues.
Don’t put up with pelvic pain or incontinence. Regain your freedom with expert women’s health physiotherapy in Melbourne CBD – call 03 9650 2220 or use our online booking system to get started.
