Physiotherapists specialising in women's health are helping mothers return to sport after having a baby
ABCWhen the Canberra Chill hockey team ran out to play in the Hockey One competition this year, player Jessica Clements had to watch on from the sideline. "It's a struggle, even in this day and age, trying to find a women's health physio or someone that you trust that can help you through this postpartum stage," Clements said. "Sometimes they've tried it out, they've gone to training, they've had a little bit of urine leakage or felt some heaviness and that's when they've said 'oh, I need to go see someone'." "In an amateur level, they're less likely to have that consultation, the coaches are less likely to suggest a women's health consultation," Ms Riddell said. "Because we've just copy and pasted how we treat a footy club into women's footy as well, they're missing that really big aspect of women needing a lot more pelvic floor attention than men."
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