If you’re trying to conceive, now is the perfect time to start strengthening and conditioning your pelvic floor. Building a solid foundation before pregnancy can reduce your risk of urinary leakage, prolapse, and pelvic pain later on. Pelvic floor physiotherapy at this stage equips you with practical tools and knowledge so you can move into pregnancy feeling confident and supported.

Pregnancy brings enormous changes to your body. Preparing your pelvic floor is one of the most impactful things you can do for labour and recovery.

Physiotherapy can help you:
• Strengthen your pelvic floor for support
• Learn how to relax these muscles to aid birth
• Reduce your risk of perineal tearing
• Understand your body so you feel confident and in control

When so much feels uncertain, knowing you’ve prepared can give you peace of mind.

One in three women experience urinary incontinence after childbirth. Common does not mean normal—and it is absolutely treatable.

With the right exercises and guidance, most women see significant improvement and regain confidence to laugh, sneeze, run, and move without worry.

Since 1 October 2022, maternal birth injuries have been eligible for physiotherapy funding under ACC, supported by the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2022.

We offer both ACC-funded and private pre- and post-natal pelvic health assessments to support your recovery and long-term wellbeing

Diastasis recti is a common condition where the abdominal muscles separate, often during pregnancy or following changes in abdominal pressure. This can affect core strength, posture, and confidence, but with the right guidance, it is very treatable.

At Motion Matters, we provide personalised pelvic health physiotherapy to support safe and effective recovery. Treatment focuses on restoring deep core strength by retraining the pelvic floor, abdominal muscles, breathing patterns, and functional movement.

Our approach is progressive and tailored to your body and goals, helping you rebuild strength safely, reduce symptoms, and return to everyday activities — whether that’s caring for your family, exercising, or moving with confidence in daily life.

Exercise during pregnancy and after birth should feel safe, supportive, and tailored to your changing body. The right guidance can help manage aches and pains, support pelvic floor and core recovery, and build confidence in movement during this important stage of life.

At Motion Matters, we provide personalised pregnancy and postpartum exercise programmes grounded in pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Sessions focus on breathing, core and pelvic floor coordination, strength, and functional movement - all adapted to your symptoms, stage of pregnancy or recovery, and personal goals.

Whether you’re preparing your body for birth, recovering postpartum, or returning to exercise, our approach supports you to move with confidence, feel strong, and trust your body again.

Over half of women after menopause experience some form of pelvic organ prolapse, and many notice symptoms after birth. Prolapse occurs when the bladder, bowel, or uterus shifts downward into the vaginal wall, causing heaviness or dragging.

These symptoms can be unsettling—but they are not the end of your story.

With targeted exercises, lifestyle guidance, and ongoing support, pelvic organ prolapse can often be managed or improved significantly.

Pelvic pain is more common than many people realise, and it can affect anyone — women, men, and people of all ages. It may feel like a deep ache, sharp discomfort, pressure, burning, or tightness around the pelvis, hips, abdomen, or lower back. For many, pelvic pain can impact daily activities, exercise, intimacy, and overall confidence in their body.

Pelvic physiotherapy offers a safe, evidence-based approach to understanding and relieving this pain. Through a combination of gentle assessment, tailored exercises, hands-on treatment, and education, a pelvic physio helps identify how the muscles, joints, nerves, and breathing patterns may be contributing to our pain. Treatment focuses on easing muscle tension, improving mobility, restoring strength, and supporting your nervous system to feel safe again.

Most importantly, pelvic physiotherapy empowers you with tools and knowledge so you can take control of your symptoms — not the other way around. Whether your pelvic pain is new, persistent, or linked to childbirth, endometriosis, injury, or stress, you don’t have to navigate it alone.

Pelvic floor physiotherapy can also support concerns such as:
• Painful intercourse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Difficulty with intimacy or discomfort with penetration

These concerns are far more common than most people realise, and they can impact confidence, comfort, and relationships. Pelvic physiotherapy can help you feel more at ease in your body and improve sexual wellbeing.

Pelvic floor therapy is not just for women. For men preparing for or recovering from prostate surgery, it plays a crucial role in managing continence.

Pelvic floor physiotherapy can also improve erectile function in more than 50% of men, whether due to surgery or age-related changes.