Support with pelvic floor
This page explains when and how you should access support if you are experiencing symptoms of pelvic floor difficulties.
Support with your pelvic floor
If you are planning to have or had your baby at a Kent and Medway hospital, or you live in Kent and Medway, there are several ways you can access support if you are experiencing symptoms of pelvic floor difficulties. Pelvic floor difficulties include urinary issues, such as incontinence, difficulty emptying your bowels, symptoms of prolapse such as heaviness or dragging from the vagina and difficulties with intercourse.
If you are experiencing any symptoms of concern, you can access information and advice from this website. If your symptoms persist or worsen, you should arrange an appointment at your GP surgery.
If you, or your GP surgery think that physiotherapy would be helpful, you can access a referral in different ways, depending on where you are registered with a GP.
Medway
Registered area: Medway
Medway Community Healthcare
Referral method:
- Self-referral
- GP referral
- Consultant referral.
East Kent
Registered area: East Kent
Kent Continence Service
Referral method:
- Self-referral
- GP referral
- Consultant referral.
West Kent
Registered area: West Kent
Kent Continence Service or Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Referral method:
- Self-referral
- GP referral
- Consultant referral.
North Kent (Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Bexley)
Registered area: North Kent (Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Bexley)
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Referral method:
- GP
- Consultant referral.
East Sussex
Registered area: East Sussex
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Referral method:
- Self referral
- GP referral
Pelvic girdle pain
If you are experiencing pelvic girdle pain, where symptoms may include pain in your lower back or at the front of your pelvis as a result of your pregnancy, you may find physiotherapy helpful.
You can access support from physiotherapy in the following ways:
Medway
Registered area: Medway
Medway Community Healthcare
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Method of referral:
- Self referral
- GP referral
- Consultant referral
- Midwife referral.
East Kent
Registered area: East Kent
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Musculoskeletal Service
Referral method:
- Self referral
- GP referral
- Consultant referral
- Midwife referral.
West Kent
Registered area: West Kent
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Musculoskeletal Service
Kent Continence Service or Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Referral method:
- Self referral
- GP referral
- Consultant referral
- Midwife referral.
North Kent (Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley)
Registered area: North Kent (Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley)
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Referral method:
- GP
- Consultant referral
- Midwife referral.
East Sussex
Registered area: East Sussex
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Referral method:
- Self referral
- GP referral.