Our services
PELVIC HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES
Care for every stage, from pregnancy to menopause and beyond.
Scence provides one-on-one pelvic health physiotherapy for women in Bayside and Inner Melbourne.
Whether you're pregnant, recovering after birth or noticing changes later in life, we're here to help you understand your body and feel strong in it.
Pregnancy
DURING PREGNANCY
Prepare your pelvic floor, stay strong, comfortable and informed as your body changes.
Learn how to strengthen and relax your pelvic floor correctly, to support you through pregnancy and prepare your body for birth.
Pelvic Floor Care
Practical preparation for labour and birth, however your baby arrives, including a planned caesarean.
Birth Preparation
Pregnancy Physiotherapy
Support for your changing body, with guidance to stay strong, comfortable and active through every trimester.
Pregnancy aches and pains
Assessment and treatment for musculoskeletal changes in pregnancy, including pelvic girdle, back, hip, rib and pubic pain, so you can keep moving with less discomfort.
Postpartum
AFTER BIRTH
However your baby arrived, a thorough postnatal assessment helps identify concerns early, so you can recover with confidence and protect your pelvic health for the years ahead.
A thorough check of your pelvic floor, abdominals and recovery, with a clear plan from your first visit.
Postnatal Assessment
Assessment and a progressive program for abdominal separation (diastasis recti) during and after pregnancy.
Abdominal Separation
Caesarean Recovery
Scar care, core rehabilitation and a safe, staged return to lifting and exercise.
Return to running and exercise
A structured plan back to running, lifting, Pilates or the gym, at a pace that suits your body.
Every Stage
AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE
Pelvic health care for women at any age, whether you've had children or not.
Bladder Leakage
Leaking with a laugh, a sneeze or a run, or always needing to know where the toilet is.
Pain with sex, inserting a tampon or during internal examinations such as cervical screening, as well as ongoing pelvic discomfort, assessed and treated with care.
Pelvic Pain
Understand how your pelvic floor is working, whether it needs strengthening, relaxing or better coordination, with a personalised program to follow at home.
Pelvic Floor Assessment
Heaviness or a dragging in the pelvis, in pregnancy, after birth, through menopause and beyond.
Prolapse
Perimenopause and Menopause
As oestrogen levels fall, pelvic floor muscles and tissues can change. We’ll help you understand what’s happening and manage symptoms like leaking, urgency, heaviness or discomfort with sex.
Pessary Support
Fitting and review of support pessaries for prolapse, as part of a broader plan.
Prepared in pregnancy. Supported after birth. Strong at every stage.
It makes scence.
YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT
What to Expect
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BOOK ONLINE
Choose the clinic and time that suit you. No referral needed.
UNDERSTAND YOUR BODY
Together, we’ll talk through your history and goals and assess what’s going on.
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A PLAN THAT FITS YOU
Your plan is built around your body, your goals and your life, with clear next steps.
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Fees
FEES AND REBATES
Initial Consultation
60min
$258
Review
30min
$178
Review
45min
$203
Telehealth
30min
$178
Private Health Rebates
Physiotherapy is covered by most private health extras policies, and your rebate depends on your fund and level of cover. Claim on the spot with your health fund card, so you only pay the gap.
If your GP has referred you under a chronic condition management plan, you may be eligible for a Medicare rebate. Please bring your referral to your first appointment.
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All physiotherapists treat muscles, joints and movement. A pelvic health physiotherapist has additional training in the pelvic floor, bladder, bowel and sexual function, and in caring for women through pregnancy and after birth
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Your first appointment is 60 minutes, giving you time to talk through your history and goals and leave with a clear plan. Follow-up appointments are 30 or 45 minutes, depending on your needs.
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It depends on your goals and what we find at your first visit. After your initial appointment, you’ll know your plan and roughly how many sessions to expect.
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No. Pelvic floor concerns can happen at any stage of life, including during pregnancy, around menopause, with high-impact exercise, or without ever having had children.
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No. Physiotherapists are primary healthcare practitioners, so you can book directly online. If your GP, midwife or obstetrician has referred you, we’ll keep them updated on your progress.
Your Questions, Answered
COMMON QUESTIONS
FIND THE CARE THAT FITS YOU
Book online at Black Rock, Bentleigh East or East Melbourne.