Initial Assessments

One of the main factors that differentiates FitRight from other exercise options is that it is essential for all participants to have an initial assessment with a physiotherapist.

Unlike other pregnancy and postnatal assessments, these appointments screen for bladder, bowel and musculoskeletal issues, and assess that you’re correctly activating your pelvic floor and abdominal muscles. This enables the class to be adjusted to suit your personal core muscle capabilities and ensures that you aren’t doing anything that could cause or worsen common pregnancy and postnatal related issues such as incontinence, prolapse and abdominal muscle separation.

Please read our blog post about initial assessments to learn about:

• Why this assessment is different to any appointments you will have with doctors and nurses during and after your pregnancy.
• What the difference is between a non-invasive real time ultrasound assessment, and a vaginal examination of the pelvic floor muscles, and when we would recommend the latter.

If you are pregnant you have the option either do the assessment:

• As part of a small group workshop in PregEd (please note that if this screening assessment finds any specific issues then you will be encouraged to follow up with an individual physiotherapy session), which also includes 2 hours of education
• As a one-on-one individual assessment (30-60 minutes) with a physiotherapist who can assess your pelvic floor muscles (please note that most physiotherapists are not trained to do this).

If you are Postnatal or attending a Woman class you will need to do your assessment as one-on-one individual assessment (30-60 minutes) with a physiotherapist who can assess your pelvic floor muscles (please note that most physiotherapists are not trained to do this).

Individual Initial Assessments

For individual assessments, you are welcome to see any physiotherapist who can assess your pelvic floor muscles with either a vaginal examination or a real time ultrasound assessment, however below you will find a list of physiotherapists around Perth and Mandurah that are recommended by FitRight, and you will be able to see which are the physiotherapists who have post graduate training in this area and are able to perform vaginal examinations.

You will need to organise this appointment and ask to be booked in for a ‘FitRight Assessment’, and specify if you would like a physiotherapist who specialises in Women’s Health. Attend with a comfortably full bladder in case an ultrasound assessment is required.

Please note that this appointment is rebatable on private health insurance, and that the payment is completely separate to FitRight. Appointment costs will vary between practitioners.

Physiotherapists who can perform screening assessments only

Only book with these physiotherapists if you are asymptomatic. 

Kingsway
LifeCare Kingsway
Georgia Graffin
9409 3993

Mandurah

4Life Physiotherapy
Cassie Budd
9583 5200

Murdoch
Southcare Physio
Ella, Claire, Ellen
9332 2132

North Perth
North Perth Physiotherapy
Lillie Tucker
9328 8389

Willetton
Lifecare Willeton
Emily Hunter, Bella McLernon
9310 5358

Wembley
Genesis Physiotherapy
Lisa Dallin
9284 0919