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.

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

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From Diagnosis to Management: Your Endometriosis Treatment Options

Beth Miles

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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

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Botox for Pelvic Pain and Bladder Issues

When most people hear 'Botox' they think of cosmetic injections, but Botox is increasingly being used to help manage two conditions that can significantly affect quality of life: chronic pelvic pain, which is persistent pain in the lower abdomen and pelvis lasting six months or more, and overactive bladder, which is a condition causing a sudden, urgent and often frequent need to urinate that can be difficult to control and sometimes result in leaking urine before reaching the

Beth Miles

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Are NCA's the cure to Endometriosis??

What are NCA's? In Australia, around 1 in 7 women and people assigned female at birth are diagnosed with endometriosis. Endometriosis is a chronic condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus (called lesions), often in the pelvic area, including on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, bowel, or bladder. This can lead to inflammation, scarring, and a wide range of symptoms. Some people have no symptoms, but many experience pelvic or lower back p

Beth Miles

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