Knowledge Is Powerful: How Understanding Your Pelvic Health Can Ease Fear and Pain

Take the guesswork out of your pelvic health. Our blogs page explains common pelvic health symptoms, what may be contributing to them, and the evidence-based treatment options available—so you can spend less time searching and more time finding the right support.

From Diagnosis to Management: Your Endometriosis Treatment Options

Beth Miles

4 min read

Why Shame Stops Women Getting Help and What Can Change That

In their lifetime, up to 50% of women will experience some form of pelvic health issue such as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, painful sex, and bowel symptoms. These issues can have a big impact on a woman’s physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Effective treatments exist – in particular, seeing a pelvic floor physiotherapist is often recommended as a first-line treatment for many of these conditions. Yet women consistently wait, sometimes years, b

Beth Miles

3 min read

Period Pain, Stress, Anxiety and Sleep: What is the Connection?

Period pain is one of the most common reasons girls and women miss school or work. Yet it is often dismissed, labelled as "normal" and left untreated. While there are clinical reasons for period pain, stress, anxiety and sleep also contribute to pain severity, and if left unaddressed, persistent menstrual pain can develop into a chronic pain syndrome with lasting effects on wellbeing. Understanding the pain system is key to understanding and addressing painful periods, or pri

Beth Miles

4 min read

Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: It's Not Always About Strength

When most people think about pelvic floor exercises, they think about Kegels – squeeze, relax and repeat. Many people with pelvic floor issues assume they have a weak pelvic floor that needs strengthening. But for many people the problem is the opposite – pelvic floor muscles that are in excessive tension and unable to fully relax. A lot of different words are used to describe this kind of pelvic floor including tight, tense, high-tone, hypertonic, non-relaxing, and overactiv

Beth Miles

4 min read

Persistent Pain & Central Sensitisation: Why “Sensitive” Doesn’t Mean What You Think

If you have ever been told your pelvic pain involves "central sensitisation," you may have wondered if this means you’re too sensitive or overreacting to pain. But this is not what it means. Central sensitisation describes a change in how the nervous system processes signals and is not an indication of someone's pain tolerance or how "real" their pain is. What actually is central sensitisation? Central sensitisation is defined as an amplification of neural signalling within t

Beth Miles

4 min read