WHAT IS A MUMMY MOT?
The Mummy MOT is a specialist post-natal assessment recommended for all women following delivery – whether 6 weeks or many years after.
Already part of every new mother’s standard post-natal rehabilitation in France, trained specialists assesses the strength and function of the tummy and pelvic floor muscles to help prevent long-term childbirth related complaints.
MUMMY MOT AT MILLTOWN
One of our physiotherapists Sarah Mullins recently travelled to London to complete training in the Mummy MOT. She has returned with new concepts to pass on to our Women’s Health team and further information and advice to impart to all post-natal Mum’s attending Milltown Physiotherapy for a Mummy MOT.
Mummy MOT: Post Natal Assessment
IT INCLUDES
- 1-hour post-natal assessment with a Specialist Post-natal Health
Physiotherapist - In depth check of pelvic floor strength and tummy gap
- Assessment of any physical problems arising from pregnancy and birth
- A bespoke post-natal recovery programme devised especially for you, your lifestyle and fitness goals. This includes specific and safe post-natal exercises to improve stability, posture and core strength
FAQs
What is common but not normal after birth?
- It’s not normal to leak when you cough or run
- It’s not normal to have pain during sex
- It’s not normal to have a gap in your tummy muscles
- It’s not normal to have ongoing pelvic pain or debilitating constipation
Who needs a Mummy MOT?
After having a baby, half of all women have a weakness in either their tummy or pelvic floor area – over a third suffer with chronic pelvic pain. This creates instability and poor core strength and results in altered transfer load, back pain, pelvic pain, bladder and bowel weakness.
A Mummy MOT helps women avoid these distressing and often embarrassing symptoms. The assessment by a specialist physiotherapist of the tummy gap and pelvic floor will enable the creation of a bespoke post-natal recovery programme plan devised especially for the woman, her lifestyle and fitness goals, including specific and safe post-natal exercises to regain stability and optimum function.
CHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
Sarah Mullins is a Mummy MOT practitioner but all of our Women’s health physiotherapists also specialise in post-natal physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
USEFUL INFORMATION
The Mummy MOT
Integrated post natal physiotherapy & Functional Fitness