The Female Athlete Program.
Offering teams, athletes and performers a collaborative-care service.
What is included?
• In-house athlete and staff education, including a team presentation/workshop.
• Confidential & individual pelvic floor screening (including using validated outcome measures).
• 1:1 pelvic floor physiotherapy (only if required).
• Additional options: Collaborative Policy development eg. maternity & return to play protocol.
• Packages are tailored to your goals.
Why do you need it?
• 1 in 4 women experience incontinence.
• Elite athletes are 3 x more likely to experience incontinence than women who do not play sport.
• 95% of athletes who experience incontinence do not report it.
• Incontinence is proven to affect training and performance.
Why choose us?
Rosie is one of only a few physios in Australia with post-graduate qualifications in Pelvic Floor & Continence Physiotherapy and Sports Medicine.
She has over 14 years experience working with specifically with female athletes in a variety of sports.
Rosie regularly presents at national conferences, including Sports Medicine Australia, Cricket Australia SSMA & Victorian Pelvic Pain Symposium.
She has published “Exercise After Pregnancy” in the Australian Journal of General Practice.
Additional resources
I recommend reading about the Female Performance & Health Initiative, an initiative by the AIS to improve female athlete specific knowledge and systems of support.
Additionally, read some of the Journal articles listed on our Impact page.
Head to the Global Alliance for Female Athletes page for external education modules.