Rosie Davie - the pelvic health specialists

07/09/2026

Recently I’ve had influx of messages from recent and old patients and I can’t put into words the feeling of these - if only I could bottle up the job satisfaction feeling and sell it!

But hey, I can’t do this so I thought I’d share!

Leakage doesn’t have to be part of your every day
Leakage doesn’t need to be your new normal
Leakage should not be the reason you stop moving your body and getting all the benefits of physical activity can do for us

Heaviness can be more to the story then just weak pelvic floor muscles
Heaviness does not mean your ability to enjoy every day life is over nor is it something that is complicated to treat or get better

Guess what?!
- Non of these patients got any revolutionary exercise
- Non of these patients got their bodies ribcage, breathing rate or breathing placement blamed for their symptoms
- Non of these patients got the generic same story advice, education or treatment

What did they get?
- full space to tell their story and for me to listen
- told me their WANT and WHY
- individual assessment
- progressive overload to get them back to their want and why
- we took into account, sleep, hormones, stress, anxiety and nutrition

If you’re sitting here with symptoms and thinking how the hell did they get to that? I’ve been squeezing my pelvic floor daily and nothings changing? I want to get back to pushing my body physically or jumping around or running after my toddler but I don’t know where to start? I’ve got a WANT but I have pelvic floor symptoms and it’s stopping me from getting there -

I’ll hopefully see you in clinic soon ❤️

20/08/2026

New research looking into the issues around who and why access to pelvic floor physiotherapy is so limited yet the high quality of evidence for its role in education, prevention and rehab role in pregnancy and post partum care.

Main limitations are

Lack of knowledge about pelvic health conditions, what they are, how they can be treated and actually what even is a pelvic floor physiotherapist?

Two

Was lack of referral or recommendations from another health care provided - self referral is limited in Scotland especially in Glasgow to 6 months post partum with many needing symptoms to be seen and diastasis not being one they will accept.

With better education on pelvic health resources patients can confidently ask for specific health providers and health care services can improve their own understandings to screen for concerns and then refer to appropriate services.

Half of the women researched 4000 consulted a pelvic floor physiotherapist, many reasons for why people accessed the care provider was due to having flexible finances, having some level of education, concerns for pelvic organ prolapse and diastasis.

This is exactly why I’ve created the pelvic health masterclass - cost affective, access to multiple education for pregnancy and post natal, resources to reflect back on - improve education to then help with access post natal - improved knowledge means more informed of choices ❤️🙏

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17/08/2026

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17/08/2026

The idea for the Pelvic Health Masterclass actually started while I was working in the NHS.

I taught pelvic girdle pain classes, antenatal education and on a C-section enhanced recovery programme.

And while there was lots of brilliant work happening, I kept noticing something that frustrated me as a pelvic health physiotherapist:

We were often getting to women too late.

We were talking about pelvic health once there was pain.

Once someone was leaking.

Once they were worried about exercise.

Once birth was approaching.

Or after they’d had their baby and were suddenly trying to navigate recovery with very little idea of what to expect.

If only we could have advised on them these things earlier - no ways to mobilise your pelvis as pregnancy progresses, comfortable positions for sleep, rest, work, lifting their toddlers at home. Education around the muscles they would need to pay more attention to entering this new chapter and how important they are for maintaining continence and improving continence in the post natal period. To physical sensations that are normal in the fourth trimester - how long healing may taking and what ways they can become more active and more confident around symptoms in the fourth trimester

kept thinking: why aren’t we having more of these conversations earlier?

Why aren’t we talking about pelvic floor health, exercise, bladder and bowel changes, diastasis, birth preparation, C-section recovery, intimacy and returning to exercise - during pregnancy?

Not because I want women worrying about everything that could happen.

Quite the opposite.

I want women to understand their bodies without fear.

That’s where this Masterclass came from.

It’s the pelvic health education I wish more women had access to as a routine part of pregnancy.

And there are now **two ways to access it**:

🌿 Join me in person at the next Pelvic Health Masterclass
💻 Or learn through the online Masterclass from home

Because good pelvic health education shouldn’t only arrive once something has changed or symptoms have started.

Booking details / link in bio & website

Online 20th sep via telehealth - recording also available
In person at 4th October (3

14/08/2026

The Pelvic Health Masterclass is back and there are now two ways to join me 🤍

Come along in person for a relaxed morning of pelvic health education, practical advice, questions and conversation.

Or, if the date or location doesn’t work for you, you can now access the Masterclass online and learn from home, in your own time.

We’ll talk about the things I wish every woman was told during pregnancy - before symptoms, worry or Google searches take over.

Pelvic floor exercises. Exercise in pregnancy. Diastasis. Birth preparation. C-section recovery. Bladder and bowel symptoms. Prolapse. Intimacy. Scar care. The fourth trimester. Returning to exercise. You name it we will cover it!

No scare tactics. No awkward questions. No endless list of pregnancy dos and don’ts.

Just evidence-based pelvic health education to help you understand your changing body and feel better informed about pregnancy, birth and recovery.

Choose the version that works for you:

🌿 In person: 4th October 9:30-12pm at Nest | A Social Wellness Club for Mums & Families
💻 Online: 20th sep 10-12:30pm

Find out more via the link in my bio.

09/08/2026

Exercise is one of the safest “medications” you can take in pregnancy that is safe, non invasive, all level friendly and has the biggest buck in terms of allowing you to feel physically able in the post partum period - especially if you’re labour has been prolonged or physically difficult.

Yet it’s the least spoken about subject within the national health system - with normally a very “conservative” approach taken or advised which actually not only is harmful it’s deconditioning mums and non evidence based information. But hey that’s what physiotherapists are for as we are the ones who can help educate and guide on physically activity.

It’s the one topic I’ll cover in depth in my clinics and every patient will be asked around physical movement as it helps postural adaptions in pregnancy, ease aches and pains, improve sleep quality, decrease anxiety/depression, maintain muscle which helps the pelvic floor and diastasis in the post natal period.

Not sure where to start?
Changed your whole exercise routine since you got pregnant?
Someone telling you there is a safe v’s unsafe list?
Not sure what exercises to include?
Not sure what symptoms to look out for when you’re exercising?

Let me know what you were told in pregnancy when it came to exercise below ⬇️

07/08/2026

Hey I got asked this question today in my DM’s and thought I’d share my response - never thought I’d be putting my no make up dog face look on the internet but hey anything for spreading pelvic health education!!

First thing stood out - what actually is leakage? In terms of type? And what does this mean when we think about pelvic floor advice?

This was a very quick 5min video but I hope it clarifies types of leakage, why you might be leaking and also how treatment can look so different

Main thing to finish up on - you are individual and the advice we give will be based on what YOU need! No generic advice - please always seek a 1:1 appointment with a pelvic floor physio or ask your gp for referral 🙏

05/08/2026

Incredibly proud to be a physiotherapist
Even more so being a pelvic health physiotherapist

❤️

03/08/2026

I think I’ve lost the plot and posted twice on one day compared to my 0 appearance on social media for most of the year -

That’s changing now and I’m jumping on trends when I can, shouting about what I do more often and I hope somewhere along these slides you find the support you were needing today to seek a second opinion, book the appointment, know that you and symptoms don’t belong together and that there is tools and resources we need to shout louder about

❤️

03/08/2026

There has been seen common themes in clinic recently and in my dm’s

I got told that lifting weights would make things worse so I’ve stopped

The gym was my community, my happy place, my mental health and sleep have massively suffered since becoming pregnant - I’ve been told numerous times to not do “too much”

I’m leaking - it’s making me really self conscious - I presumed all exercise would make it worse so I’ve just stopped completely

Since becoming a grandparent I’ve felt this bulge in my va**na, strength training was never something I was introduced to - I know I need to get stronger but how do I do this without making my promise worse?

Exercise is becoming the enemy in pelvic health it seems when in actual fact it’s something we don’t need to remove, symptoms aren’t normal, but yet there is so much pelvic floor physiotherapy has to offer to keep you active.

Having previously worked in geriatric medicine and in orthopaedics - things can happen in life when your strength matters - to get back into your house having to use crutches, to be able to independently sit to stand and mobilise to the toilet, to independently manage stairs so you can reach your bedroom, to independently manage to bend down to pat your dog, play with your grandkid, socialise.

I wonder if we are giving up strength to “save” a pelvic floor what actual real life issues and constraints are we creating?

We have strong evidence to suggest that pelvic health physiotherapy with progressive full body overload can be hugely beneficial for prolapse complaints, leakage, diastasis improvement and over all quality of life -

Before you stop the weights or put a barrier in place - seek advice from a pelvic health physio who won’t tell you no - but find your capacity to start ❤️