Assessment
A full hour on your history and how your body actually moves. You leave with a working diagnosis you understand and a clear plan you can actually follow.
Concern
Pelvic & Women's Health Treatment in London
Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, postnatal recovery, abdominal separation, and bladder symptoms are common, treatable, and not something to simply put up with. NICE recommends supervised, exercise-led care as the first-line approach: long before anything more invasive is considered. We deliver that one-to-one, in private rooms, across six central London clinics, antenatal through postnatal and beyond.
Overview
Understanding pelvic and women's health
Pelvic and women's health covers the musculoskeletal and pelvic-floor changes that come with pregnancy, birth, and the years after. The common presentations are:
- Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain and low back pain
- Diastasis recti: separation of the abdominal muscles after pregnancy
- Stress or mixed urinary incontinence
Across these, the evidence points firmly to conservative, exercise-led care first. National guidance recommends supervised pelvic-floor muscle training of at least three months as the first-line treatment for stress and mixed incontinence, and antenatal musculoskeletal pain responds well to assessment, education, and a graded programme.
Our women's health physiotherapy is one-to-one and external, coaching correct technique and progressing load around your stage and your goals, and it works hand in hand with our wider physiotherapy team for the low back and pelvis. Where an internal pelvic-floor examination or specialist obstetric, gynaecological, or continence input is indicated, we say so and help you reach the right clinician rather than stretching beyond our scope.
For a fuller explanation of the symptoms, the assessment, and what the evidence says about treatment, read our guide to pelvic floor physiotherapy and when to see a specialist.
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Physiotherapy for pelvic and women's health can help to:
Ease pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain
Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy is common and treatable, and it responds well to hands-on care and specific exercise at any stage. You do not have to simply put up with it until the baby arrives.
Rebuild after birth, at your pace
The postnatal body needs a graded return to strength and activity. We build a plan around your recovery, your goals and the time you actually have, from the early weeks onward.
Address abdominal separation
Separation of the tummy muscles is normal after pregnancy and improves with the right progressive exercise. We guide the loading that helps it recover rather than leaving it to chance.
Improve bladder symptoms with exercise-led care
National guidance recommends supervised, exercise-led treatment as the first-line approach for bladder symptoms, long before anything more invasive is considered. We coach the technique properly and build it into your wider recovery.
Be seen privately and matched to the right clinician
Care here is one to one, in a private room, antenatal through postnatal and beyond. Where a case calls for internal assessment or specialist input, we say so and help you reach an appropriately trained clinician.
Why it happens
Common pelvic and women's health problems
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Pregnancy, when your shape changes and hormones soften the joints, putting more load through the pelvis, lower back and pelvic floor
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Pain in the pelvis itself, either at the back near the base of the spine or at the front over the pubic bone
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Giving birth, and the months afterwards while your tummy muscles and pelvic floor recover
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A gap down the middle of the tummy muscles after pregnancy, which leaves your core feeling weak
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A pelvic floor that is weak, or does not switch on at the right moment, so you leak when you cough or exercise
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Going back to running or other high-impact exercise too soon after having a baby
What happens at your first appointment
We work out what is really holding you back, then agree the plan with you before you leave.
Your first appointment runs a full 60 minutes: a detailed history, then a thorough examination of how you move, your strength, and the affected area. We explain what we find in plain English and agree a working diagnosis with you.
Treatment starts the same day, and you leave with the first exercises of a plan built around your goal.
Move well, move freely. That has been the idea since 1997. We settle the symptoms first, then rebuild the strength that stops them coming back, so you finish stronger than when you started.
- One clinical team across six central London clinics, from Soho to Canary Wharf, with same-week appointments.
- Treating central London since 1997: 28 years and roughly 160,000 patients.
- Recognised by seven major UK insurers, including Bupa, AXA and Vitality, with self-pay welcome.
Physiotherapy fees and insurance in London
You can book online directly, with no GP referral needed and same-week appointments across all six clinics. If you are using private health insurance, check your policy first: some insurers ask for a GP referral before your first session.
- Initial assessment: a full 60 minutes covering your history, examination and a working diagnosis
- Follow-up treatment: 45 minutes, with your plan progressed at each visit
- Extended 60-minute treatments for complex or multi-area problems
- Recognised by Bupa, AXA Health, Vitality, Aviva, Cigna, Nuffield Health and WPA
Your journey
with Soho Physiotherapy
Everything is built around you. Whether the goal is a marathon or a comfortable commute, we find what is driving the problem, treat it, and build the strength that keeps the fix in place. Our aim is to get you better and give you the tools to stay better for the long term.
Treatment
Hands-on care to settle symptoms and restore movement: joint mobilisation, soft-tissue work and dry needling where they genuinely help, in line with national guidance.
Rebuild
Progressive exercise that returns the strength, control and load tolerance your body needs for work, sport and everything in between. This is the part that makes recovery last.
Perform
A short home programme, sensible loads, and the habits that keep problems rare. Then we discharge you: we don't sell sessions you don't need.
What we treat across our six London clinics
- Musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy
- Manual therapy and progressive exercise rehabilitation
- Dry needling and Western medical acupuncture
- Sports massage and soft-tissue therapy
- Shockwave therapy for stubborn tendon problems
- Post-operative rehabilitation
- Women's and pelvic health physiotherapy
- Workplace and desk setup assessments
- Running and gait analysis
Treatment approach
How we treat pelvic and women's health
Women's Health Physiotherapy
Price on enquiryThe dedicated women’s health physiotherapy service: one-to-one, exercise- and education-led care for pelvic girdle pain, postnatal recovery, diastasis recti, and pelvic-floor symptoms, the NICE-recommended first-line approach. Onward referral arranged where internal or specialist input is indicated.
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Price on enquiryFor the musculoskeletal side: pregnancy-related low back and pelvic girdle pain, manual therapy and a graded exercise programme address the lumbar spine, pelvis, and hips together, since pelvic-floor and MSK function rarely behave in isolation.
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Common questions about
pelvic and women's health in London
Can physiotherapy help bladder leaks after having a baby?
Often, yes. National guidance recommends at least three months of supervised pelvic floor training as the first thing to try, and most women improve once the technique is right and the programme builds properly. We coach the movement properly and build it into your wider recovery rather than treating it in isolation or jumping to anything more invasive.
Is exercise safe for pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy?
Yes: pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain responds well to assessment, education, and a tailored exercise programme, and staying active within comfortable limits is generally encouraged. We identify the movements and loads that aggravate it, give you strategies to manage daily activity, and progress a programme that keeps you moving through pregnancy as safely as possible.
Do you carry out internal pelvic-floor examinations?
Our care here is exercise- and education-led and external. Where an internal pelvic floor examination is the right next step, we tell you and ensure you see an appropriately trained pelvic-health physiotherapist or specialist. Please raise this when you book so we can plan your first appointment around the right clinician and setting.
When can I return to running after birth?
There is no single date. It depends on your birth, how you are healing, your pelvic floor, and how fit you were before. Guidance suggests building back gradually, starting low-impact before you run. We assess where you are, give you the milestones to progress through, and adjust the plan as your strength and symptoms allow.
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