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October is Menopause Awareness Month 🤍

It’s an opportunity to talk a little more openly about the changes that can happen during perimenopause and menopause. Including the ones we don’t always talk about, like bladder symptoms, pelvic pain and changes with s*x.

And first things first: perimenopause and menopause aren’t the same thing.

Perimenopause is the transition towards menopause, when hormone levels fluctuate and you may start noticing changes to your periods, sleep, mood, bladder, pelvic health and more.

Menopause is officially reached once you’ve gone 12 consecutive months without a period.

We’ll be talking more about menopause and pelvic health throughout the month, because understanding what’s happening in your body can make it a whole lot easier to know when to seek support.

If you’re experiencing symptoms that are affecting your day to day life, a pelvic health physio can help. Book via the link in bio.

We talk about pelvic pain a lot more when it affects women, but men experience it too.

In fact, around 1 in 12 men experience pelvic pain.

And it can show up in ways you might not immediately connect to your pelvic health. Like pain when sitting, discomfort in the pelvis or perineum, urinary symptoms, pain with s*x or ongoing aches that just don’t seem to go away.

If you’ve been experiencing ongoing pelvic pain and aren’t sure where to start, a pelvic health physio can help you work out what might be contributing to it and what support is available.

Because yes, men have pelvic floors too.

Your pelvic floor needs to do more than just squeeze. A healthy pelvic floor should be able to contract, lift, and relax.

If you find it difficult to let your pelvic floor relax, struggle to start or finish a wee, or feel like you can’t completely empty your bladder, it might be worth getting it checked.

Swipe through to see what we expect and what we don’t 👀