Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
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The pelvic health team provide a specialised service, treating a wide variety of conditions including: urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence and pain in and around the pelvis.
- Base: University Hospital Lewisham
- Service Contact: lg.pelvichealthphysiouhl@nhs.net
- Service Category: 2
- Client Age: 16+
- Address: University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH
- Reception phone number: 020 8333 3148
About the service
The pelvic health team provide an extremely specialised service, treating a wide variety of pelvic conditions.
You can now refer yourself directly to receive specialist support and/or advice with bladder, bowel and pelvic health problems.
We can accept referrals from all Lewisham GP practices:
Who we can help
Our services are are for anyone aged 16 and over who is registered with a GP in the London Borough of Lewisham.
We can treat a wide variety of conditions including:
- Leaking pee (urinary incontinence)
- Feeling the need to empty the bladder urgently and/or frequently
- Leaking poo (faecal incontinence)
- Leaking farts (flatal incontinence)
- Feeling the need to poo with little warning (faecal urgency)
- Difficulty pooing or emptying your bowel
- A dragging sensation, heaviness or a bulge in the vagina
- Pain with sexual intercourse
- Persistent pain in your vulva, bladder or the pelvic region
- Pregnancy related back or pelvic pain.
Services available
- Pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, exercise therapy, acupuncture
- Bladder and bowel retraining, manual therapy and pessary fitting
- Education, advice and more.
Referrals
Please complete the online referral form related to the kind of issue you are experiencing:
Once we have received your completed form we will review it and contact you to arrange an appointment.
For bladder, bowel and pelvic health problems
This service is for anyone aged 16 and over who is experiencing bladder, bowel and pelvic health problems
We cannot treat painful and heavy periods and for that you need to see your GP.
Refer yourself for Bladder, bowel and pelvic health physiotherapy
For pregnancy-related pelvic girdle or back pain
This service is for anyone aged 16 and over who is experiencing back or pelvic pain in pregnancy within 3 months of giving birth.
Pregnancy related back or pelvic girdle pain self-referral form