Welcome to Wendy Farren Physiotherapy
As a specialist in pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapy, I am dedicated to helping you achieve optimal wellness.
My personalised approach focuses on your unique needs, ensuring that you receive the highest quality care available.
Pelvic Health
Pelvic health physiotherapy can help you to reduce or stop leakage, calm that annoying rush to the toilet and enable you to feel more comfortable so that you can get on with doing what you love!
Bladder issues
Do you experience any of these common bladder problems?
a sudden urge to go to the toilet, sometimes with leakage
having to go to go the toilet very often
getting up during the night to empty your bladder
leaking when you laugh, cough, sneeze or exercise
Prolapse issues
Do you feel symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse and you are not certain what it means?
a bulge or pain within your vagina
dragging pain in your lower tummy or back
not being able to completely empty your bladder or bowel
Bowel issues
Are you are facing difficulties with bowel movements, such as constipation, diarrhea, or incontinence?
bowel leakage of poo or gas
constipation
Pelvic Pain
Don’t let pelvic pain control your life. Invest in help to gain the knowledge, tools and support that you need to help you to live a more comfortable life again.
At some stage in their life pelvic pain will affect 1 in 5 women and 1 in 12 men but this is a condition that people don’t often discuss with each other.
Have you ever been diagnosed with any of the following?
endometriosis
bladder pain syndrome
vaginismus
pudendal neuralgia
irritable bowel syndrome
pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain
persistent genital arousal syndrome
prostatitis
I find that some people are embarrassed to discuss this with people that are close to them or even medical professionals and it can take quite a while to pluck up the courage to seek help.
Please rest assured I am here to listen.
Antenatal
I want to help you make your pregnancy as easy and pain-free as possible, help you to prepare for birth and give you advice on how to look after yourself after the birth of your baby.
Pregnancy for many is a wonderful experience however some people experience problems as their body changes. Some experience pregnancy related aches and pains in their joints and pelvis as well as bladder and bowel issues.
Have you experienced any of the following?
Back and pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain
Symphysis pubis pain
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Rib pain
Bladder and bowel issues
Additionally in your consultation we can discuss.
Perineal massage to help with prevention of tears
Birth preparation
An exercise programme to include the pelvic floor for the first six weeks after the birth
Posture
Early activity after the birth of your baby
Feeding positions and wearing a sling comfortably
Advice if you are due to have an elective caesarean section
Postnatal
Helping new mothers regain their strength and restore their bodies after childbirth.
Wendy is a specially trained physiotherapy practitioner of the Mummy MOT post-natal checkup.
It is recommended that women have an initial assessment at six weeks after their baby is born however, Wendy also treats women that gave birth a long time ago that might still have a tummy gap (diastasis) or have pelvic floor issues.
Most women experience weakness in their tummy muscles and hip muscles, pelvic floor muscles, or a combination which can cause instability as the load transfer from the legs to the abdomen and trunk can be affected, sometimes causing back pain or pelvic girdle pain.
Musculoskeletal
Empowering movement, restoring function.
Are you recovering from surgery or have aches and pains that don’t seem to be going away? You might not be as active as you want to be and want to work on building strength, mobility, and balance so that you can get back to activities that you might be missing out on.
Wendy has been treating people with musculoskeletal and rheumatology conditions for the whole of her career and has taught musculoskeletal physiotherapy to undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy students.
Acupuncture
Wendy may offer acupuncture within your treatment session and has been practising as a medical acupuncturist since 1999. Acupuncture, involves the strategic insertion of needles to facilitate the body's natural healing processes and alleviate discomfort. Wendy utilises the Western approach of acupuncture. This method works synergistically with physiotherapy by focusing on specific tender points, lessening inflammation, enhancing circulation, and loosening tense muscles commonly seen in issues such as lower back pain and sports-related injuries. The collaboration between acupuncture and physiotherapy provides a comprehensive approach to managing pain from a holistic perspective.
Clinical Pilates
Join me on a journey towards improved pelvic health and musculoskeletal wellness through my tailored Pilates sessions.
Clinical Pilates based exercise in pelvic health encourages the pelvic floor muscles to coordinate with the muscles of the deep tummy and back muscles to build up stability and strength.
Whether it is used for rehabilitation after having a baby, after surgery or to maintain strength and mobility and balance, clinical Pilates can be adjusted to suit your needs.
Whether you would like 1:1 physiotherapy led Pilates or join a Pilates class, Wendy Farren Physiotherapy can help. Please contact me for free advice.
Current classes are on at The Health Hub, Kingsbridge:
Tuesday 11 am -12 noon
Thursday 11.30-12.30
Friday 10.45 -11.45
