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“The Pelvic Physio”- Siobhan Lenihan
Siobhan is a passionate, empathetic, caring and skilled Physiotherapist working within the Pelvic Pain Clinic at the Garden.
Her specialty is the pelvis – she can help you better manage all things pelvic pain, pelvic health, sexual pain and musculoskeletal pelvic pain. Siobhan’s goal is to empower people in all stages of their life to move and engage in life without shame, discomfort or pain, which often co-exist with pelvic health and pelvic pain conditions such as leakage, bladder urgency, pain with sexual intercourse and activity or movement avoidance.
Conditions Siobhan treats include:
- Pelvic floor overactivity
- Endometriosis, adenomyosis and painful periods Genito-pelvic pain/ penetrative disorders:
- Vulvodynia (vulval pain)
- Vestibulodynia
- Vaginismus
- Painful sexual intercourse or tampon use
- Leakage of urine or faeces
- Bladder urgency, frequency and overactive bladder
- Urinating difficulties such as hesitancy, slow stream and incomplete emptying Bladder pain
- Anorectal pain
- Constipation and incomplete bowel emptying
- Faecal urgency
- Persistent pelvic pain
- Persistent lower back pain
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Coccyx pain
- Hip and groin pain
- Nerve pain
When treating the pelvis, it is important to look at the whole person and whole body to identify other drivers to your pain. Siobhan will assess your entire pelvic girdle, lower back, hips, lower body, thoracic spine, your pain. Siobhan will assess your entire pelvic girdle, lower back, hips, lower body, thoracic spine,
abdominals and your breathing dynamics to identify contributing factors to your symptoms.
Physiotherapy treatment may include:
- Pelvic floor down training Optimal breathing dynamics Pelvic dry needling Massage
- Pelvic floor release
- Exercise prescription
- Management strategies for pain flare ups
Pelvic Pain Pilates in 2025
In addition to Pelvic Health Physiotherapy, Siobhan is also a Pilates Instructor, with an abundance of experience teaching Pilates clinically in a rehabilitation setting as well as group Reformer and Matwork Pilates classes, training through STOTT Pilates.
Through clinical experience and frequent reports from her pelvic pain patients, Pilates can sometimes cause a flare up in pain for some people with pelvic pain due to the repetitive abdominal and pelvic floor strengthening and cues for bracing the body. This is a shame as Pilates can be so beneficial for optimising movement patterns, building body awareness, increasing stability, mobility, endurance and strength. So in 2024, Siobhan will be running “pelvic floor safe” reformer pilates classes once a month specific for pelvic pain.
You will learn how to:
- How to engage AND relax muscles properly
- Connect with your pelvic floor to teach it how to better relax
- Reduce excessive bracing patterns
- Increase strength in your pelvis, hips and lower limb
- Improve your breathing dynamics
- Integrate pelvic floor down training into stretches
Details:
- Location: Reformed Pilates Co in Applecross, 4/35 Ardross Street Applecross WA
- When: Saturday 1x month at 12.00pm – 12:50pm
- Cost: $41 a session.
For those who are not based in Perth or cannot attend the reformer sessions, Siobhan will also be running monthly online 30 minute Matwork Pilates sessions which can be done from the convenience of your home.
Learn how to heal your body through movement.