Are you looking for Antenatal or Post-Natal Physiotherapy?
As a Chartered Physiotherapist, Deborah is:
• A holistic, whole person therapist who provides a thorough assessment & treatment
• An experienced, hands-on physio
• An Ante & Post-Natal Pilates instructor & educator (classes, 1-2-1, workshops)
• A qualified & experienced women’s health physiotherapist
• Treats the pelvis, pelvic floor from inside and out: urinary & faecal incontinence, prolapse, pain, tears and recovery from episiotomy
• Uniquely treats the trunk, pelvis, and extremities from a musculoskeletal & women’s health approach
• Experienced in exercise prescription to accommodate & modify for surgery, bone density, bone & joint conditions, pregnancy, the 4th trimester and beyond.
• A pelvic pain therapist: Pudendal neuralgia, vulvodynia, endometriosis, painful intercourse and coccyx pain – are amongst the conditions treated.
Physiotherapy treatments address these:
During pregnancy:
• Muscle & Joint aches and pains: Neck, back, shoulders, hips and all other areas that bother you
• Pelvic Girdle Pain = PGP (used to be termed SPD)
• Diastasis recti management & exercises
• Pelvic floor: prolapse, incontinence, pain
• Constipation
• Pelvic pain
• Breathing & ribcage complaints
• Exercise in pregnancy – what is safe/recommended
• Acupuncture in pregnancy to manage musculoskeletal conditions
• Soft tissue and myofascial release
Preparation for labour:
• Positions for labour stages 1&2 – with special modifications for PGP
• Pelvic floor preparation: perineal massage and pelvic floor exercises
Post Natal:
• Pelvic floor care: recovery from tears – all grades, stitches, episiotomy, forceps – exercises and manual therapy
• Return to exercise: guidelines, safety, tuition and rehab
• Caesarean section: manual therapy, scar care, pain, continence issues and return to exercise
• Feeding position: posture and care for the back and upper quadrant
• PGP rehab post-natal: manual therapy, soft tissue release, exercise, acupuncture
• Incontinence: urinary & faecal, rehab, exercises, manual therapy
• Diastasis Recti: education, rehab and manual therapy
• Pelvic pain: Coccydinea / coccyx pain, painful intercourse, Pudenda neuralgia
• Muscle & Joint aches and pains: Neck, back, shoulders, hips and all other areas that bother you
Deborah is a physiotherapist with over 20 years’ experience: Widely in the NHS and in a private out-patient setting, as well as a certified Pilates instructor (APPI). She is a manual therapist and uses myofascial release: acupuncture, silicone cups and other techniques to work on the musculoskeletal & connective tissues, in addition to using the Pilates method and her experience in treating the respiratory system, thorax & ribcage and mindfulness to treat everyone holistically.
Deborah has undertaken extensive post-grad training – most recently with the US Herman & Wallace institute. Following recent further training Deborah is now a ‘Menopause warrior’ and a ‘Bladder Hero’!
Deborah is a member of the Pelvic Partnership, Pudendal Hope website, the APPI, Chronic hyperventilation Physiotherapy group and ‘Physio First’. She is registered with the HCPC: membership number PH62671, and with the CSP: membership number 68413
To get in touch, please click here
or email: dthomasphysio@gmail.com
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