Our Specialist Service
What is Women’s Health Physio?
Women’s health physiotherapy is a specialised service that is dedicated to supporting women through every stage of life—from before pregnancy and postpartum recovery to menopause and beyond.
At Box End Physio, we focus on restoring function, confidence and quality of life, by treating a variety of conditions including pelvic floor dysfunction, urinary incontinence, bowel problems, pelvic organ prolapse, and pregnancy-related pain. Whether you’re looking to manage pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy, return safely to exercise after childbirth, improve pelvic floor strength and function, or manage chronic pelvic pain, our specialist women’s health physio can help you. We aim to provide a calm, confidential and supportive environment where patients feel listened to and are comfortable discussing personal concerns that may sometimes be difficult to talk about.
What We Treat
Conditions We Assess and Treat
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence; faecal incontinence; overactive bladder; pelvic organ prolapse.
Pelvic Pain & Chronic Conditions
Endometriosis, adenomyosis, vulvodynia, pudendal neuralgia, and coccydynia.
Pregnancy & Postnatal Care
Pelvic girdle pain (PGP), lower back pain, abdominal muscle separation (rectus abdominis diastasis), and perineal recovery after delivery.
Sexual Dysfunction
Dyspareunia (painful sex), vaginismus, and pain related to pelvic floor muscle tension.
Other Areas
Menopause symptoms, constipation, and post-operative rehabilitation, osteoporosis management.
What To Expect
Your First Appointment
We endeavour to provide a safe, comfortable and private environment for you to discuss your specific bladder, bowel and sexual health issues with your physiotherapist. An initial consultation is 60 minutes long, in which we take a comprehensive history of your condition, general health, lifestyle and any past medical history, as well as identifying how it affects you and your life. We may then carry out a detailed physical examination if it is deemed clinically appropriate (this may include an internal examination) to help diagnose the cause of your problems. With this, we can create a personalised management plan, including exercise, lifestyle modification, bladder and bowel retraining, and self management strategies.
60 min
Initial consultation
Our Womens Health Specialist Physiotherapist
Yegs Gounden
Yegs Gounden is our women’s health physiotherapist with nearly 20 years of experience treating pelvic floor dysfunction and pelvic pain. During her time at Bedford Hospital, she gained valuable experience working alongside the Urology and Gynaecology teams in the management of bladder and bowel dysfunction. She also has a special interest in menopause-related musculoskeletal health and helping women prevent and manage osteoporosis through education and exercise.
Get In Touch
Ready to Start Your Recovery?
Box End Physiotherapy is based on a family farm just outside Bedford, easily accessible by car. There is free on-site parking. We offer flexible appointment times to suit your schedule.
