Specialist physiotherapy in Copford, Colchester, for pregnancy, postnatal recovery, persistent pain and complex symptoms

A specialist postnatal assessment designed to help you understand your body and recover with confidence

Having a baby is one of the most profound experiences a woman can go through, yet once the baby arrives, the focus often shifts away from her recovery and onto the baby.

Many women tell me they feel as though they no longer matter. Everyone asks how the baby is doing, but fewer people ask how they are coping physically, emotionally and mentally.

Pregnancy, birth and early motherhood bring enormous changes to the body. While some recovery challenges are common, many women are left wondering what is normal, what isn’t, and whether the symptoms they are experiencing will ever improve.

A Mummy MOT® provides the opportunity to focus on you.

Healing after a C-section goes deeper than the scar alone

A Caesarean birth is major abdominal surgery, yet many women receive very little support once the wound itself has healed.

Months — or even years — later, you may still experience:

• Numbness or tightness around the scar
• Pulling or discomfort in the abdomen
• Weakness through the core
• Pelvic floor symptoms
• Lower back or pelvic pain
• Discomfort during exercise
• Feeling disconnected from your body
• Anxiety about movement or recovery
• Ongoing emotional effects from your birth experience

Many women are told this is simply something they need to “put up with” after having a baby. But ongoing discomfort, tension or disconnection after a C-section is common — and support is available.

Helping you feel stronger, more confident and more like yourself again

Pregnancy and birth bring extraordinary changes to the body.

While many of these changes are a normal part of becoming a mother, recovery is not always straightforward. Yet many women receive very little guidance about what to expect after birth or how to support their recovery in the weeks, months and years that follow.

Perhaps you’ve been told everything is normal, but you still don’t feel quite right.

You may be experiencing:

• Weakness through your tummy or core
• Pelvic floor symptoms such as leaking, urgency or heaviness
• Back, pelvic or hip pain
• Abdominal separation (diastasis recti)
• Difficulty returning to exercise
• Ongoing discomfort following birth
• A feeling that your body doesn’t move or function as it once did
• Uncertainty about what is normal and what isn’t

If so, you’re not alone.

Helping you feel understood, make sense of your symptoms, and find a way forward

Living with ongoing pain or persistent symptoms can be exhausting.

Perhaps you’ve seen several practitioners, had tests or scans, tried different treatments, yet you’re still searching for answers. You may have been told that everything looks normal, that nothing more can be done, or that you’ll simply have to learn to live with it.

Many of the people I work with arrive feeling frustrated, confused and unsure where to turn next. One of the things I hear most often is:

“Sorry, my story is complicated.”

The truth is, I don’t mind complicated.

Finding the ‘why’ behind your symptoms

Physiotherapy is the foundation of my practice.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience, I help people understand their symptoms, recover from injury and pain, and return to the activities that matter most to them.

While physiotherapy is often associated with exercises, stretches and rehabilitation, my approach goes beyond simply treating the area that hurts.

I believe the body works as an interconnected system, and that understanding the bigger picture is often the key to lasting recovery.

Exploring the connections within your body

Visceral Manipulation is a specialised hands-on therapy that focuses on the movement and mobility of the body’s internal organs and the connective tissues that support them.

While we often think about muscles and joints when we experience pain or dysfunction, the organs are also connected to the rest of the body through a complex network of fascia, ligaments and connective tissue. Restrictions within these tissues can sometimes contribute to symptoms elsewhere in the body and may be a missing piece of the recovery puzzle.