23/10/2025
🔎 Helen Ledwick’s article talks about how isolating a diagnosis of prolapse can be and how as a new Mother she felt confused and shocked at the lack of awareness and support when she initially went to her G.P.
📖📢To help other women in the same situation, Helen wrote a book and launched a fantastic podcast called ‘Why Mum’s Don’t Jump.’
🎧In her podcast, Helen facilitates candid conversations between women with gynaecological conditions such as prolapse, stress incontinence, endometriosis etc. and medical experts in the field.
Her insights are giving women the knowledge and comfort they need when they are at their most vulnerable, encouraging them speak up and seek medical support without embarrassment or fear of being shrugged at.
Prolapse affects 1 in 10 women at some point in their life. It can be managed very successfully with physiotherapy, and in some cases with pessary support or surgery.
✨NHS treatment is available- please ask your GP for a ‘pelvic health referral’. Or if you have the means to go privately then do - just one session will help you feel reassured and that you have a plan. You can also refer to the Prolapse booklet by the Pelvic Obstetric Gynaecology Physiotherapy network (link in bio).
Treatment by a pelvic physio would involve :
✨Provision of exercise to help improve pelvic floor and core strength, endurance, and control.
✨Providing visualisations, breathing techniques and postures to help off load the pelvic floor.
✨Provide manual therapy to the pelvic floor and surrounding pelvic muscles when appropriate (if the muscles are tense and ‘up’ and need help to lengthen down)
✨We may suggest using a pessary insert or discuss if a pessary is right for you.
✨Discuss any lifestyle changes (i.e. proper lifting mechanics, avoiding constipation)
trying if support is not there the first time
