"The body has two priorities in life in order to survive, to breathe and to move and it will sacrifice anything to achieve this." - Douglas Heel
Pelvic Floor
Did you know one in three women suffer from urinary leaking/urgency? To date, it is estimated that around 7 million people in the UK have urinary incontinence (5-10% of the population Sometimes it can be very mild and just a nuisance but for others it can be embarrassing and life changing.
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Neuro-Muscular Activations is a TOTALLY different approach to all forms of treatments out there. We offer a discrete, personalised service for bladder, continence and pelvic floor problems, with no internal examination or embarrassing gadgets needed!
How many times have you been taught pelvic floor exercises and how many times do you actually wonder if you’re doing them correctly or can even feel anything happening? These are all very common feelings, but the good news is there is something you can do very easily to help this.
The Process
Initial Consultation
We take a history of the problem, everyone is different. We then assess how the body is functioning, moving, muscle length and strength, NOT just your pelvic floor… we look at the whole body first! We are looking for immediate measurable changes. Once we have treated you, we then teach you how to self activate. This way you have access to treatment 24 seven. It’s just your hands not ours!
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Follow up Appointment's
This is important to do regularly as we are teaching the brain muscle pathways to work effectively again, and they need regular reminding.
The more you self-activate, the quicker, you respond and the longer your body remembers what to do… And what NOT to do!
We test, activate and then re-test so that we know the body has responded.
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The 'top-up'!
It is always recommended to come back for so-called “top ups” every now and then to make sure everything is still firing as it should and no new cheat patterns have been developed.
Remember, prevention is better than cure.
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I have been treating patients in a DIFFERENT way, with amazing results. Let me explain. Every muscle in our body has a purpose, its ‘own job’. When all our muscles are working properly and in the correct sequence then we have normal strength, flexibility and integrity throughout our bodies.
When this patterning however becomes altered, say following surgery, hysterectomy, pain inhibition, childbirth, bad postures, the list goes on….our bodies have to try and compensate for the muscles that are no longer working properly. This causes repercussions within our muscular system.
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Our ‘pelvic floor’ is not just one muscle, it’s a whole unit. Think of a drinks can. There’s a top – your diaphragm, the floor – your perineum and numerous muscles around the sides, the hip flexors, your glutes, your abdominals, back extensors, connective tissue and more.
These muscles ALL work together in order to help control the flow of urine. Good bladder control is only going happen if ALL the muscles are doing their job properly NOT just the pelvic floor/perineum muscles. At ‘The Activations Clinic’ we use a technique which re-activates or reboots the brain into remembering which muscles should be doing what and when. They are all still there but have just gone to sleep a bit! We do this by testing your muscle strength in a different functional way to assess where the weakness is. Then, by applying pressure to certain points, we can improve the brains neural firing or connections to these muscles in order to ‘wake them up’ so to speak.
The effect is usually instant and measurable so we can be not only effective very quickly, but also objective. In just a few sessions of manual Neuro-Muscular Activation treatment, the whole muscle and connective tissue complex that helps to control your water works is re-activated, so when you do your pelvic floor exercises you can actually feel something happening! We then teach you how to maintain this improvement and give you a refined programmed of muscle activations and specific exercises. It makes sense!!! If this applies to you book in to see me at and I will take you through this simple programme, professionally and confidentially, with no embarrassing internal examinations or weights etc. needed. You won’t look back! We find on average it takes four to six sessions with the emphasis on teaching you how to maintain the improvements.