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Women's Health at Physiofit

Locality: South Launceston, Tasmania

Phone: +61 3 6344 9799

Address: 305 Wellington St 7250 South Launceston, TAS, Australia

Website: http://physiofit.co

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25.01.2022 A subtle reminder about the importance of movement and stretching when working in sustained postures.

25.01.2022 What an interesting advertisement. Nearly as unusual as the Squatty potty advertisement.

21.01.2022 Happy New Year to all from Physiofit. May it be a year of good health and happiness.

15.01.2022 Today is World Maternal Mental Health Day. Some of you might be wondering why this is important? This is important because it’s estimated that more than 1 in ...10 women will develop a mental health illness during pregnancy or the first year after birth. This is important because 7 out of 10 of those women will try to hide that mental illness, or downplay its severity and because suicide is a leading cause of death for women during pregnancy and the first year of their baby’s life*. And it is a terrible and scandalous thing that in 2017 women are still taking their own lives because of this, and that anyone still feels that a maternal mental illness is something to be ashamed of; something to be hidden away; something that is in some way a ‘failing’ on their part. The most well-known perinatal mental illness is, of course, post natal depression, but other common illnesses to affect expectant and new mothers include (but are not limited to) antenatal depression, anxiety, perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder, postpartum psychosis and post-traumatic stress disorder. There are varying degrees of severity for all of these of course, and everyone is affected differently, but although some women might be at a higher risk of developing one of these illnesses, the fact remains that perinatal mental illness does not respect any boundaries of age, or wealth, or relationship status, and can and does affect women from all walks of life, whether they are having their first baby, or their tenth. So why? Why is this still happening in 2017? Why are women still suffering from these horrible illnesses and suffering in silence? Honestly? I don’t know. Maybe in some cases it’s because so many of us have lost the extended female family that once would have looked out for us and after us- the mums, the grannies, the aunties, the sisters, who once lived round the corner and might have recognised the signs and offered help are scattered across the country, if not the world, and this family has instead been replaced by over worked health care professionals. This is in no way a dig at those health visitors and midwives and GPs who have taken up the roles instead, but they are undoubtedly over stretched and under resourced and unless you are exceptionally lucky, they simply do not have the time to spend the whole day sitting with a struggling new mum trying to work out if she is coping as well as she claims to be, because they’ve got at least a dozen other mums they are expected to check in on and then write up as well. And the more we become distanced from the very people who might help us, who might tell us that we are doing a great job, and we are not the miserable failures we think we are, the more that allows the illness to get its claws in deeper. That can’t be all of it though, because perinatal mental illness is still a problem in close knit communities, so maybe these illnesses are still allowed to take such a grip because they do make you feel so alone, so ashamed, such a failure. And those feelings feed off each other, and you become trapped in a downwards spiral. After my first child was born, I didn’t know any other mothers. I was the first of my friends to have a baby, and after they had dropped off some flowers and a baby gift and peered in the pram and made the appropriate noises, they drifted back to their own child free, non poo-scented lives and left me to it. And so began the loneliest and hardest time of my life. No one wants to admit they are failing as a mother. No one even wants to admit they are finding it hard, and so we hide it. I hid it by obsessive cleaning. If I could only keep everything perfectly clean and tidy, NO ONE WOULD KNOW. And it was hugely important that no one knew. It was a terrible and shameful secret, but as long as that glass was washed up the minute the last sip had been taken, as long as the carpets were hoovered three times a day lest there be a speck of dirt, and every surface kept clean and wiped, then my secret was safe, because I didn’t recognise that I was ill- I genuinely thought I was just an awful person to feel this despair, and that was why I had no friends, and my baby cried all night, and I deserved this, but if I could just stay on top of things, no one would realise the truth, which was obviously that everyone would be far, far better off without me. One might have thought that when it got to the stage where I cleaned the loo and sink after every single use, and I would sit on the floor rather than risk messing up the sofa and once suggested to a rare visitor that they might like to do the same because I could not stand the thought of things being disordered, because if there was any disorder at all PEOPLE WOULD KNOW that I wasn't coping, that I was the worst person in the world, and then I would have failed even more and that would be it, the last thing I was needed for would be gone- then alarm bells might have rung, but we get very good at hiding the truth from other people and ourselves- even my husband didn’t really know how bad things were for a long time, as I constantly reassured him I was totally fine, fine, it’s COMPLETELY NORMAL to be dusting skirting boards at 3am, in between walking the streets trying to get the baby to sleep (these days I try to convince him that I carefully keep the skirting boards undusted as a sign that I really am fine now). So what do we do to improve this situation? Mainly, we talk about it. And talk about it, and talk about it, and talk about it. Women are really good at talking, as male comedians like to point out, but this is one thing we don’t talk about and it is probably the most important thing we SHOULD be talking about, and that is something that desperately needs to change. If you are pregnant, or a new mum, or even a not so new mum who feels like they are struggling to cope, or overwhelmed, or even just not quite yourself, don’t hide it; don’t be ashamed of it- TALK about it. Talk to your health visitor, or your GP, or your partner if you have one. Or talk to a friend, or a relative, but tell someone. If you honestly feel unable to talk to anyone in person about how you are feeling, the wonderful organisation PANDAS http://www.pandasfoundation.org.uk/ offers a helpline, as well as online and email support, and can also help you to find a support group in your area. The simple but oh so brilliant and helpful phrase ‘it’s OK not to be OK’ comes from PANDAS. And if you are currently not OK, just remember that’s OK. As well as professional care and support groups, try and get out and just talk to other people generally. Go to the Mother and Baby groups, and the baby massage or baby yoga or baby music groups (apart from anything else, wanting to smack your head off the floor at baby music when they make you sing Wind The Bobbin Up for the eleventy billionth time will make a change from wanting to smack your head off the floor with feelings of failure and despair), and talk to people. You don’t have to blurt out your innermost feelings to strangers, and maybe you will look around and think how much better all those other mums are coping than you, but they’re not, I promise you, almost of all them are probably finding it at least as hard as you, or maybe even harder. But just getting out and meeting people, however impossible it might seem, is another step towards getting better. Also, there are almost always biscuits at these groups. Sometimes there is even cake. And, if you are really lucky, you might even meet a kindred spirit and one day, unlikely as it might seem right now, you will sit and laugh and drink wine, or gin or tea with her. And if you are out of the darkness now, talk about that too. It is nothing to be ashamed of, and the more we all talk about our experiences of it, the more we can de-stigmatise it. Maternal mental illnesses are never going to go away, they are not something that can be eradicated like polio, but the shame and despair that leads women to hide these illnesses, and let them go untreated to the point they feel they have no option but to take their own lives- these can be massively reduced if we shine a light on it, and talk about it, and show that there is hope, however black the hole they are in right now might seem, there is hope, because they are not failures, they are not terrible people, they are ill, and they can get better, with the right help. If you suspect your partner, or friend, or relative might be suffering from any of these illnesses, talk to them too. They might deny anything is wrong, but keep talking to them, keep letting them know you are there, that you love them. They might not feel worthy of anyone loving them right now, but keep telling them and telling them and try and encourage them to start talking, or to see someone they feel they can talk to. If you are really concerned and you can’t get them to talk to you, or seek help, please contact PANDAS for more advice on how to help them. We might not be able to make these illnesses go away. But we can stop them beating us. Together, we can stop women feeling they need to hide their illness, we can take away the shame, and hopefully, one day, we can stop women taking their own lives due to these illnesses. Meanwhile, here’s loads of love to everyone who is currently suffering, you DON’T deserve this, but you CAN get through this, and a massive cheers to everyone who has beaten these buggers xxxx #itsoknottobeok #pandas #maternalmentalhealth #maternalMHmatters #PND *Maternal Mental Health Alliance stats

15.01.2022 Happy Valentines Day!

15.01.2022 A new class starting next week. Improve your pelvic floor and prevent incontinence issues and prolapse. Booking required and numbers limited.

11.01.2022 All postpartum women deserve to see a pelvic floor physical therapist after delivering, regardless of the method of delivery. Physiological changes from pregnan...cy and birth should be rehabilitated. Women's bodies will feel different after delivery, a pelvic floor physical therapist can help women understand why help. Thank-you to Men's Health Magazine for including me in the article and hopefully next time more emphasis will be placed on how pelvic floor physical therapy can help make returning to sex take less than 'a long ass time'. https://www.menshealth.com/sex-wo/a19459059/sex-after-baby/ #phrcmedia #postpartumsex #pelvicfloor #pelvicfloordysfunction #motherhood #pelvicfloorPT #painfulsex #stressincontinence #pelvichealth #pelvicmafia #bladderleakage #postpartumorgasm #sexualhealth #prolapse #breastfeeding

10.01.2022 New research confirms that Lavender oil helps in labor pain. A recently published study investigated the effect of Lavender inhalation on the severity of labor ...pain and duration of labor. The Lavender group inhaled diluted essential oil for three minutes at three different labor stages, and experienced a significant drop in pain levels. For example 9.6 to 7.6 at 9-10 cm dilation after the intervention. There was no effect on the duration of labor, suggesting that Lavender oil does not affect labor progression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27863615 This is consistent with the findings of a 2000 study by Ethel Burns et al, where 344 mother used Lavender oil during childbirth and 54% reported reduced pain levels, though these were not graded. No adverse effects were reported. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11033651 A 2014 study in Tehran used Orange flower hydrosol (control group used saline). In the control group, pain increased from 7.5 (minimal dilation) to 9.5 (8-10 cm dilation) while in the aromatherapy group the increase in pain rating was marginal - from 7.4 to 7.6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov//PMC4177/pdf/ijpr-13-1011.pdf

07.01.2022 Maybe we should stick to breasts- balls look like too much hard work

04.01.2022 Have problems pooing? You might need a poo stool. The following video shows the benefits of using a poo stool.

04.01.2022 To the MOM hiding in her bathroom, needing peace for just one minute