Lonese Jacobs Physiotherapist

🌸Let's talk about pelvic organ prolapse

Within your pelvis lies the bladder,uterus and re**um. The pelvic floor supports these organs, along with your ligaments, to keep them in the correct position.

When these organs move from their position, some women report feeling a heaviness, pain in the lower tummy or back or feeling as it they are sitting on something. And sometimes,it feel different when being intimate.

There are different grades for a prolapse, and your trained physiotherapist would be able to assist in addressing the underlying factors that contributed to the prolapse.

Chat to your physiotherapist or find a physiotherapist that has been trained to assist.


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✨️Late post🤭✨️
✨️Day 3 of ICGS✨️

💜Advocacy was definitely the theme of the day. The discussion held to improve access to HPV vaccine and addressing all the challenges across Africa showed we had more in common.

💜Connecting with Colleagues and sharing our experiences when working with survivors of Gynecologic Cancer has been inspiring.

💜Thank you to those who Travellers who visited Cape Town to learn and share, this is what it is all about

💜We have so much to be grateful for. If you are a survivor, talk to your doctor about your other symptoms. You are always welcome to chat to your physio too🌱

✨️Day 2 of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society conference and Annual Global Meeting ✨️

🌱from heated debates about care management to many surgical videos,day 2 did not disappoint.
🌱there is a call for more focus on survivorship management,the life beyond the surgery,chemo and radiation

🎉My highlight of the day,show and tell. I took the pelvic model and dilators and few other items along to share how we as physiotherapists can help patient. Most Healthcare practitioners, doctors and nurses, are not always comfortable discussing s3xual function for various reasons. Women are provided with dilators and sent home in the hope that they are able to use it correctly.

🌈My hope, more women will receive the help they need to thrive now that they have survived cancer💜

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