Women’s Pelvic Health2026-06-16T12:10:27+00:00

Women’s Health & Pelvic Floor Physio in Lincoln

Women’s health physio supports conditions affecting the pelvic floor, pelvis, bladder and vulva. Whether you’re experiencing bladder leaks, pain, painful sex, pregnancy pelvic pain or symptoms after childbirth, treatment is tailored to your individual needs. While these issues are common, they are not something you need to simply live with. Treatment can help to support:

  • Bladder leaks (urinary incontinence) – such as leaking when coughing, sneezing, running or jumping
  • Pelvic pain or discomfort
  • Painful sex (dyspareunia)
  • Pelvic organ prolapse symptoms (heaviness, dragging, or pressure)
  • Pregnancy-related pain, including pelvic girdle pain
  • Postnatal recovery and return to exercise
  • Core and pelvic floor weakness after childbirth or surgery
  • Peri-menopause/menopause related symptoms

At Inline Therapies in Nettleham (Lincoln), I provide private one-to-one physio to help you understand what’s going on, reduce symptoms, and rebuild confidence in your body.

Statistics show someone with a vagina has up to:

62% chance of experiencing urinary incontinence

10% chance of struggling with pain before, during or after sex

50% chance of having a degree of pelvic organ prolapse – even if you have never been pregnant or given birth!

Women's health physiotherapy assessment in Lincoln clinic
bladder pelvic pain leaking

Not Sure What’s Causing Your Symptoms?

Many women don’t know what their symptoms are called, and that’s completely understandable. You might notice:

• Pain during sex
• Pain with tampons or smear tests
• A feeling that penetration just isn’t possible
• Burning or soreness around the vulva
• Pelvic pain during pregnancy or after birth
• Bladder leaks when exercising or coughing
• A feeling of heaviness or dragging inside the vagina

These symptoms can happen for different reasons, including pelvic floor muscle overactivity, changes to the vulval tissues, hormonal changes, pregnancy, childbirth or other pelvic conditions. A physiotherapy assessment helps work out what’s contributing to your symptoms so treatment is specific to you.

Physio for Urinary Incontinence & Pelvic Pain

Treatment is tailored depending on your needs and may include: pelvic floor muscle (PFM) rehabilitation, breathing and pressure management strategies, graded exercises, managing bladder and bowel habits and strategies to reduce pain and improve your confidence.

Bladder Leaks & Urinary Incontinence

Bladder leaks are very common and can happen during everyday activities or exercise. Many notice symptoms after childbirth, with age, or during higher-impact activities. You may experience:

• Leaking when coughing, sneezing or laughing

• Bladder leakage when running or exercising

• Urgency (needing to rush to the toilet)

• Difficulty fully controlling bladder emptying

• Postnatal bladder weakness

• Bladder changes with menopausal symptoms

Pain During Sex & Pelvic Pain

There can be one or a a whole host of contributing factors causing painful symptoms in or around the pelvis. You may experience:

• Pain during or after sex (dyspareunia)

• Painful penetration, tampon insertion or smear tests

• Pelvic floor muscle overactivity

• Vulval pain, burning or sensitivity (including vulvodynia)

• Pain after childbirth or pelvic surgery

• Pain associated with endometriosis or persistent pelvic pain

Pregnancy & Postnatal Physiotheray

Pregnancy and childbirth place significant demand on the pelvis, core, and pelvic floor. Some of the effects and symptoms physio can help with are:

  • Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) during pregnancy
  • Lower back and pelvic pain in pregnancy
  • Postnatal recovery after vaginal birth or C-section
  • Abdominal separation (diastasis recti)
  • Returning to exercise safely after birth

Physio supports pain relief, strength recovery and helping you to feel confident being active after pregnancy.

Menopause & Long-term Health

Hormonal changes can affect the bladder, pelvic floor strength, and comfort in everyday life. You may experience:

  • Bladder urgency, frequency or leaks associated
  • Pelvic organ prolapse symptoms (heaviness or dragging sensation)
  • Vaginal discomfort linked to hormonal changes
  • Long-term pelvic floor weakness

Women’s health physio can help support you in improving all of these for a better quality of life.

Final Thoughts…

If you’ve been avoiding sex because it’s painful, can’t use tampons, dread smear tests, leak when you exercise, or your pelvis hurts during pregnancy, you’re not alone. These symptoms are common, but they aren’t something you simply have to put up with. Physiotherapy can help you understand what’s happening and work towards feeling more comfortable and confident again.

Inline Therapies provides women’s health physiotherapy near Lincoln for bladder leaks, pelvic pain, pregnancy-related pelvic pain, vulval pain, painful sex and postnatal rehabilitation.

How much will it cost?

First Women’s Health Appointment

Pelvic floor physiotherapy

70 minutes: Includes a thorough assessment, review of your medical history, and a personalised treatment plan.

Women’s Health Follow-Up Appointment

Bladder leaks, pregnancy and postnatal conditions, and pelvic pain treatment in Lincoln

55 minutes: We will focus on guiding your progress and adjusting your plan as needed to help you reach your goals.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have questions, we have the answers!

If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to get in touch on the phone or through our contact page.

Your first women’s health physio appointment will be for 70 minutes, giving us the time to really understand your concerns and create a plan that works for you. During the first session we will talk through your symptoms, how they affect your daily life, and any past injuries or experiences that could be relevant.

Depending on what is needed, we may assess how your body moves and go through what we find so you know what may be happening and why. Together we’ll decide where to start and what you can get going with straight away. We’ll keep it simple and as easy to fit into your lifestyle as possible.

Follow-up appointments are a chance to check in with how things felt, the progress made and change things up as and when you’re ready. As your body adapts, your exercises and advice will evolve too. The goal is steady progress without feeling overwhelmed. Only when it’s helpful, treatment might include gentle hands-on techniques, such as soft tissue work or release techniques, to support movement and ease tension.

You’ll always leave with a clear plan and an understanding of the next steps. There’s no pressure to be perfect – progress over time is what matters.

If you have any questions between sessions or want to talk through anything before your next appointment, you can email support@inlinetherapies.co.uk

Any treatment or assessment is always explained beforehand and only carried out with your consent. You are always in control of what you are comfortable with. The appointments are completely led by what you want to focus on.

Due to the nature of the clinic, we do not have the facility to offer a chaperone for your appointment. Your first appointment generally does not include a vaginal examination. Instead, we focus on finding out about your symptoms and what your goals are, then putting a plan in place for you to start from that day.

In some cases, later in your treatment, a vaginal examination might provide extra insight and we would talk through it first and I can answer any questions you might have. The decision will always be completely yours, with your comfort and preferences respected at every step.

You are welcome to bring an informal chaperone, such as an adult family member or friend. Please note that for health and safety reasons, the clinic will need to be made aware that a chaperone will be present at the appointment, at the time the booking is made.

If a chaperone is brought to an appointment without prior arrangement, the appointment will not proceed, however it will still be charged as it was reserved and it would not be possible for it to be filled at short notice by another person in need.

Every person is different, so there’s no set number and will depend on your symptoms, consistency with advice and techniques, and what your goals are. For instance, research has shown that for urinary incontinence it typically takes around 3-4 months of consistent effort to notice improvements in symptoms. That would mean most women would start to see improvements by the third session and many women are discharged by session five or six.

That means you could be just a few appointments away from feeling confident, comfortable, and back in control! We’ll work together to create a plan that fits your lifestyle and goals and every small success will be celebrated along the way.

Women’s health physiotherapy commonly helps with bladder leaks, pelvic pain, painful sex, prolapse symptoms, and pregnancy or postnatal-related pain. You’ll receive guidance on performing pelvic floor muscle exercises correctly, and advice around lifestyle changes related to your specific issue. It’s so important to remain consistent with your treatment plan at home, even if it feels challenging at times. Without consistency, changes may take much longer or not happen at all.

Everything that we work through together, will provide you with the tools you need to manage these changes and maintain good pelvic health for life.

In most cases a GP referral is not required, meaning you can make an appointment with us directly. I am registered with WPA, Bupa and AXA Health Insurance so if you are a member with them, you may be able to claim your treatment through your policy. Contact your insurance provider and they will give you a ‘pre-authorisation code’ to provide at the time of booking.

However, there are a few exceptions where a doctor’s referral might be necessary other than for health insurance claims, such as if you have a specific medical condition that needs a doctor’s clearance before undergoing treatment.

You would not have an internal examination if any of the following were relevant to you at the time of the appointment. However we can still complete a thorough assessment of everything else which will give us information to design a treatment and advice for you:

*First 3 months of pregnancy
*Within 6 weeks of vaginal or cesarean delivery
*Within 6 weeks after pelvic surgery
*Atrophic vaginitis, a condition of fragile skin seen in cases
of oestrogen deficiency
*Active pelvic infection
*Severe pelvic or vaginal pain, especially pain during
penetration or intercourse
*Children and pre-sexual adolescents

If you can’t or don’t want to have an internal vaginal examination, it does not mean that your treatment will be limited. There are lots of alternative ways for us to help you.

If you’re unsure whether you need a referral, feel free to get in touch for further advice.

It’s best to wear comfortable, loose-fitting and/or flexible clothing that allows for easy movement. If you have pelvic pain, low back pain and/or abdominal pain there is often an element of undressing required. This is also the case for any physiotherapy appointment.

It is usually best to bring, or wear trousers or a skirt that you are easy to take off and put back on, and a vest top, or sports bra. Alternatively, wear suitable underwear. Clothing needs to be comfortable and easy to move around in.

Your comfort is paramount during your appointments and we want to ensure your clothing helps rather than hinders your progress.

When an appointment is booked, the time is not available to anyone else. I know that sometimes things come up and plans need to be changed, so I ask that any appointment that needs to be cancelled or rescheduled, is changed with at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled appointment time. You can cancel the appointment via your client portal up to 24 hours prior or get in touch. 

As I work on a 1:1 basis, where an appointment is not cancelled with at least 24 hours notice, payment for the appointment will be required. Please do get in touch if you have any concerns or questions regarding this as I would like you to feel 100% comfortable about any booking you make.

“Lisa is very professional, has a real interest and care for the patient.
I greatly appreciate her active listening, the quality and care of her work, and her extensive knowledge.“

B. N, Lincoln

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