Women's Health & Female Athlete Performance Service
Delivering Excellence in Women's Health and Female Athlete Performance Physiotherapy
Did you know that there are Physiotherapists who specialise in women’s health and female athlete performance related issues?
Women’s health physiotherapy is a non-surgical treatment used for a number of women’s health problems. Dealing with issues of the female body can be daunting, embarrassing and difficult. That’s why at Pro Sports Medicine, we have teamed up with one of the UK’s leading physiotherapists trained in women’s health physiotherapy who treats every client with kindness, compassion and the utmost of professionalism.
Our women’s health physiotherapist can assist with the management and treatment of conditions affecting women throughout their life stages – from early adulthood, through the child bearing years, menopause and into older age. Our women’s health physiotherapist takes a “whole body” approach to treatment, whether it be for day to day health issues or for specific athletic performance related issues.
No matter how small or big your issue, our Women’s Health Physiotherapist will take time to understand your journey so far, and together, find solutions to getting you back to full day to day health and/or sports performance
How can a Women’s Health Physiotherapist help?
They look at the impact of musculoskeletal dysfunction, posture, core stability, strength and pelvic floor dysfunction on your condition.
We believe in the manual treatment approach, but also focus on exercise, nutrition, strength and self- management strategies to ensure you get the best outcome.
Offerings include:
- Injury assessment and rehabilitation
- Female athlete support including:
– Menstrual cycle support and cyclical training
– Stress urinary incontinence
– Endometriosis management
– Musculoskeletal pelvic pain management
– ACL injury prevention and rehabilitation
- Perinatal support including:
– Diastasis assessment and management
– Post-natal rehabilitation
– Pregnancy exercise support and pain management
– C-section rehabilitation
Meet our Women’s Health Specialist Physiotherapist…
Jo Perkins Msc MCSP POGP
Chartered Physiotherapist
Jo graduated from Cardiff university in 2005 with a 1st class BSc (hons) degree in Physiotherapy. She has always had a passion for sports and so after 5 years working for the NHS she left to work in professional rugby.
Jo specialised in rehabilitation and injury prevention at the Scarlets RFC where she worked until 2018 whilst also completing her MSc in Sports Medicine with a merit.
After having her 2 children, Jo decided to specialise in female health and developed a special interest in female performance and postnatal rehabilitation and worked in private practise for 2 years.
She is co founder of online female fitness and rehabilitation www.theglowmethodathome.com and continues to be involved in various research projects aiming to improve the support for female athletes. Jo is also Pilates and acupuncture trained.
Completing various specialist courses in all aspects of female health and performance, Jo went on to work for the women’s Welsh national rugby squad where she been Head of Medical since 2022 when they became professional. Notably Jo has recently written the World Rugby postnatal guidelines, demonstrating her standing as a leader in the field on the world stage.
