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Prolapse Rehabilitation

Some women (and men) can develop a pelvic organ prolapse during their life. According to literature about half of all women who have a child will develop some degree of…

SIJ Pain in Pregnancy

Pregnancy should be a wonderful time of planning and bonding with your growing bump. Unfortunately it can also be a time for discomfort as your baby bump grows and your…

Fascia

The deep front line fascial train passes through and surrounds the pelvic floor. This fascia extends from tibialis posterior in the lower leg up to diaphragm and into scalenes in…

Mulligan Therapy

Brian Mulligan developed the Mulligan therapy concepts on the basis of his clinical findings with patients. He was able to develop a number of techniques starting from simple finger techniques…

International Pelvic Pain Conference

International Pelvic Pain Conference On the 8th October I will be flying off to Washington DC. I have been invited to present 3 posters on pelvic pain at the International…

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A complete half a day was dedicated to IBS at the International Pelvic Pain Conference. The reason being is that this is a very common illness which can cause pain…

Opioid Medication

This group of drugs include, codene, endone and morphine. They have a direct slowing effect on the bowel. The drug binds with the opioid receptors located along the length of…

The problem with Parkinson’s

By Melissa McConaghy The problem with Parkinson’s is not that it slows you down, that it impairs your thinking and can make you depressed. The problem with Parkinson’s is that…

Mulligan techniques for the ankle

A couple of techniques which Brian Mulligan developed are for regaining ankle dorsiflexion that is pulling your toes towards you, and plantarflexion or pushing them down or away. The first…

Mulligan Thoracic techniques

These are pain free techniques designed to get the joints in your thoracic spine moving. These include the intervertebral joints, costo vertebral joints (vertebrae and rib joints), and the ribs…
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