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Parsons Green
3rd Floor Brigade House
8 Parsons Green
London
SW6 4TN
Queens Park
2nd Floor
105-109 Salusbury Road
London
NW6 6RG
Your LETO Postnatal Assessment
Our specialist pelvic health physiotherapists will support you on your journey back to feeling yourself and doing what you love as quickly and safely as possible.
Your body undergoes many changes during pregnancy and continues to change postnatally.
As a new mother, you will inevitably feel anxious about these changes and your recovery.
- Following childbirth, most women experience weakness in the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles with reduced core strength and stability.
- Post-delivery, it is also common to experience pain and discomfort in the pelvic area. This can be due to many factors, such as episiotomy and interventions, which can place a lot of pressure and trauma on the pelvic floor and associated muscles.
- 1 in 3 women experience postnatal urinary incontinence. 30% are still experiencing painful intercourse at six months, and 60% will have non-optimal abdominal separation at six weeks post-childbirth.
It is essential to address any issues that occur at this time to prevent problems such as leaking, back pain, pelvic pain, heaviness or dragging, prolapse, incontinence and abdominal separation later in life.
At LETO, we believe a postnatal assessment is a critical component of postnatal recovery and must become the standard care for all women.
We recommend you attend your postnatal check 6-8 weeks after childbirth; however, better late than never!
What to expect during the consultation:
- discussion regarding your concerns and short & long-term goals
- medical history review (your pregnancy, labour, postnatal recovery and past medical history, including medications and emotional issues)
- an internal vaginal examination to investigate the impact of pregnancy and labour on your pelvic floor
- evidence-based assessments and functional tests to assess your posture, pelvic alignment, biomechanics, abdominal muscle recruitment & pelvic floor strength
Treatment may include:
- a prescribed pelvic floor program
- use of ultrasound to provide real-time biofeedback and to optimise your pelvic floor and abdominal recruitment
- functional training for optimal and effective recruitment of the pelvic floor muscles
- manual physiotherapy
- a tailored rehabilitation program with or without app-based, at-home exercise prescription
- lifestyle recommendations
Following your appointment, you will receive your LETO postnatal report, any supplementary information that will be helpful for you, and a detailed pathway to achieve your pelvic health and fitness goals.
Client Success Stories
Francesca Hunt
I was so eager to get back to teaching yoga after the home birth of my son (first baby) and knew I needed some guidance before throwing myself back into classes. My sessions at LETO have been absolutely amazing. My pelvic floor and core feel so much stronger already. I can’t thank Lauren enough! I look forward to my sessions every week and couldn’t recommend the team at LETO highly enough. Thank you for helping me reach my goals and for rehabbing my pelvic floor and core in the correct way.
Charlotte C-C
I have being attending LETO Woman pre and during my pregnancy. Katy has been helping me with my pelvic floor muscles ahead of giving birth. We have been doing gentle pilates and reformer pilates together. She is highly knowledgeable, very kind and understanding. I would 100% recommend LETO Woman for any Woman’s Health issues whether it be pelvic floor, pregnancy and menopause amongst other things.
Nicolla Read
I saw Katy for a mid-pregnancy assessment in order to minimize post-natal issues. Katy was very comprehensive in her assessment and provided practical advice that I find achievable to do within a busy day. Thank you Katy.
Kathleen Rogers
As a second time mum of babies 22 months apart I decided this time round to invest in my wellbeing. Not only to build up my strength and reduce pain for myself, but also to better enable me to look after two busy babies... these sessions have been instrumental in my recovery and they are a major highlight of my week... do yourself a favour and book!
Racheal Epstein-Weir
After birth, I waited the appropriate amount of time to work out and yet still ended up uncomfortable and injured. Turns out there was so much that is not discussed in repairing not just your abdomen but your whole body after pregnancy. I’m so proud of how far my body has come and the journey it’s been through since conceiving till now and none of it would have been possible without the team at LETO.
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