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Helpline Q & A
Mon 29, Oct 2018National Continence Helpline Manager, SUE BLINMAN, answers some frequently asked continence questions. Q: My fit and healthy 16-year-old daughter continues to wet the bed at night and has occasional loss of urine in small amounts during the day. She has been seen by her GP many times and has been told she will grow out […]
Incontinence and the mental health of over 5 million Australians
Tue 9, Oct 2018Incontinence has a profound effect on the mental health of over five million Australians who are today living with bladder and bowel control problems. World Mental Health Day (Wednesday 10 October 2018) is an opportunity for those people to know that there are effective treatments for incontinence as well as the anxiety and depression that […]
From catwalk model to role model
Mon 24, Sep 2018Brisbane-born model Anja Christoffersen was only 17 when she first walked in Amsterdam Fashion Week. Three years later, she’s also focusing on another kind of modelling—being a role model for young people with chronic bladder and bowel conditions. Anja was born with VACTERL Association, a disorder that affects many body systems. While she’s been incontinent […]
When the continence expert becomes the patient
Mon 24, Sep 2018Ever wondered if your doctor or health specialist truly understands the debilitating effect incontinence has on your life? Associate Professor Michael Murray does. We spoke with him about his own compelling, very personal post-surgery story. Michael Murray is the Medical Director of Continuing Care and Head of Geriatric Medicine at Austin Health. He is also a clinical educator […]
Council shows continence care for men
Mon 24, Sep 2018The South Australian council of Gawler, in the Barossa Valley, is leading the way for local government by installing continence pad disposal bins in their men’s public toilets. Women’s health nurse and Continence Foundation member Julie Tucker, realised the consequences of not having appropriate disposal bins and brought the matter to the attention of Gawler […]
The $67 billion silent health epidemic affecting 1 in 4 Aussies
Mon 18, Jun 2018Over 5 million adult Australians are suffering in silence from a $67 billion health issue that for the majority can be helped or even cured. Incontinence is on the rise and now affects one in four Australians, of all ages and genders.1 It is an embarrassing and frequently painful problem that can lead to anxiety, […]
From Adversity to Opportunity
Sun 17, Jun 2018Anne-Marie Howarth was 31 years old when she suffered a motorbike accident which left her with a spinal cord injury, restricting her bladder and bowel control. Not to be outdone by her injury, instead it opened a world of new opportunities. When was your motorbike accident? It happened in 2005. I was on my […]
Greg’s Secret Life
Sun 17, Jun 2018Greg Ryan was born without an anal opening, a congenital abnormality known as Imperforate Anus which affects 30,000 babies around the world each year. Without surgical intervention at birth, Greg would have died within 24 hours. Two Australian surgeons saved him, but the outcome ushered him into a life of shame, secrecy, social stigma and […]
Five minutes with Dr Irmina Nahon PhD
Sat 16, Jun 2018Irmina is Assistant Professor, Clinical Education Coordination at the University of Canberra and works as a pelvic floor physiotherapist in private practice. She is very passionate about continence promotion, as well as research into the assessment and management of incontinence. What sparked your area of specialty in pelvic floor and continence health? After working as […]
Netballers: switching on the pelvic floor
Thu 19, Apr 2018Elite netballer, Sharelle McMahon remembers the day well. She was at a training session with the ANZ Championship team, the Melbourne Vixens when a physiotherapist used an external ultrasound to track how well the players were switching on their pelvic floor. “Only one of us in that group was actually activating our pelvic floor correctly, […]
Laugh Without Leaking: Can comedy cure incontinence?
Wed 28, Mar 2018A new campaign launched today by the Continence Health Australia reveals that the majority of bladder and bowel troubles can be helped or even cured. The Laugh Without Leaking campaign uses comedy to take the stigma out of incontinence and urges the 1 in 4 Australians who live with bladder, bowel and pelvic health problems […]
Kidney Health Week 5 March #KHW18
Mon 5, Mar 2018Considering the pelvic floor’s vital role in urinary (and faecal) continence and sexual function (and pleasure), it’s a part of the body that needs to be taken care of well into old age. Unfortunately, some women inadvertently harm their pelvic floor while trying to keep the rest of their body in shape. Here are some […]
ABC Comedy series The Letdown highlights that one in three mothers wet themselves
Wed 10, Jan 2018Did you know 1 in 3 mums wet their pants? Soph in the ABC series ‘The Letdown’ is one of those mums. Airing on the ABC on Wednesday January 10, comedy series The Letdown highlighted the prevalence of continence problems for women. Soph, a mum in the series, wets her pants in public. Embarrassed about […]
National Continence Helpline – make that call for a cure
Wed 13, Dec 2017Did you know that over 5 million Aussies regularly have bladder and bowel ‘accidents’ … but most don’t seek help to better manage or cure it? The Continence Health Australia is urging people of all ages who live with incontinence to freecall the National Continence Helpline today and take the first step toward a cure for […]
5 minutes with Annette Bauchamp
Wed 13, Dec 2017For more than 20 years, Annette Beauchamp has worked as a physiotherapist specialising in women’s and children’s health, with a focus on continence and pelvic rehabilitation. Why did you choose to dedicate your career to women’s incontinence pelvic health? I love working with women and watching them succeed with their bodies and lives. Women seem to […]
1 in 3 netballers are incontinent
Mon 4, Dec 2017An award-winning research paper sponsored by the Continence Health Australia, and presented at the 26th National Conference on Incontinence, has found that 30 percent of women netballers experience urinary incontinence while playing Australia’s most popular team sport for women. Netball is played by over 20 million people worldwide. Netball Australia said that in 2016, there […]
Spring into summer, without fear of leaking
Wed 29, Nov 2017Mrs Cockerell said the by-products of a fitness regime that helps improve incontinence are many. “Almost all exercise can affect your pelvic floor health. By choosing the correct exercises, you cannot only improve your overall fitness and pelvic floor health, you can also lose weight, ease depression, optimise sexual pleasure and function and prevent prolapse,” […]
One in Three Women
Mon 25, Sep 2017The fact sheet provides information and advice on how to manage, and in many cases cure incontinence after pregnancy and giving birth. The newly revised fact sheet can be downloaded or ordered from our online resources page or by calling the Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 Resources under review The Continence Health Australia is continually […]
Aquacise your pelvic floor
Tue 15, Aug 2017Many people that want to continue exercise without the implications of impact, joint stress, post exercise muscle soreness and overheating issues will prefer to exercise in water. This clientele group is usually also the population group that experience pelvic floor issues. It is well known that mature adults and certainly menopausal or post-menopausal women would […]
Where are women getting their information? Experiences of a physiotherapist working with pregnant and postnatal women
Fri 16, Jun 2017Working in an obstetric GP practice, the majority of my clients are pregnant and postnatal women. I have noticed there seems to be a trend of women continuing to do loaded and stronger exercises during their pregnancy, despite experiencing symptoms of pressure, leakage or bulging in their abdominal wall. As a fitness professional, modifying exercises […]
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