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Find A Women's Health Physiotherapist This list can be used on many ways for various purposes; to get in contact with other physiotherapists working in the same women's health area of practice as you, find a physiotherapist for an interview or article, refer patients to a colleague with a specifi...

  By Sarah Nixon-Jackle RN, BScN, NCMP, Women’s Mid-Life Health Program, Saskatoon Health Region Menopausal symptoms vary greatly among women.  The most common “quality of life altering” symptoms include moderate-to-severe hot flashes and night sweats, and Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GMS...

You are assessing a woman who has sustained a distal forearm fracture.  When she provides the history of the injury she says anyone would have fractured their wrist in that way.  Don’t take her word for this! Ask yourself: “Does this sound like the result of an abnormal force on a normal bone or ...

  Hypopressive exercise was originally taught by Marcel Caufriez as a breathing technique to be used in a clinical setting. A tool therapist could use to help post-natal women prevent and/or re- cover from pelvic floor dysfunction (incontinence, prolapse). Tamara Rial and Piti Pinsach, from Spai...

  There is a lot of talk on the internet about abdominal corsets and binders, which leaves us with the question: should women bind their bellies post partum? Let's look at this from an orthopeadic perspective. When dealing with an ankle sprain or torn ACL, it is a no brainer to wrap, tape or brac...

  By Debbie Childerhose, BPE, BHSc (PT)   You are working in an out-patient orthopaedic clinic and you have a new patient that discloses she has been recently diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus-Type 2(DMT2).  She is 51 years old and you have been treating her for tendonitis of her shoulder.  Review...

Developped by Cecile Röst and Susannah Britnell It can be really difficult to roll over in bed when pregnant or postpartum, especially when experiencing pelvic girdle pain (PGP). This rolling technique is so easy to teach and enables women to roll over with much less pain and much more ease, even...

  By Suzanne Leclerc, Lymphotherapist, Lymphatic drainage specialist, Aqua Lymphatique therapist You get out of your car and walk a bit too fast on the icy sidewalk. And OHHHHHHH! You fall!!! You injured your ankle. The doctor tells you to raise your ankle, put ice and compression on it and rest...

By Diane Lee, FCAMPT Diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA) is very common in the obstetric patient. While most women recover both form and function of the abdominal wall in the postnatal period, persistent separation of the rectus abdominis muscles occurs in some. Rehabilitation has traditionally foc...