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Physiotherapy self-referral

Physiotherapy self-referralTom Gamwell2024-12-17T11:01:07+00:00

Pregnancy and after delivery physiotherapy

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If you have any vaginal bleeding or fluid loss, reduced baby movements or your baby is not moving as normal, please contact Maternity Advice Line on 0300 369 0388

The Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Team can treat Pregnancy-related and after delivery back pain, pelvic pain, hand numbness/pins and needles, postnatal separation of the tummy muscles and pelvic floor problems such as bladder and bowel leaking, feeling of vaginal prolapse such as bulging and heaviness, and pelvic floor muscle weakness.

Please only complete this form if you are pregnant or are 12 months post-delivery – please see your GP for referral outside this timeframe.

A rare but serious back condition, Cauda equina syndrome, can affect the nerves in the spine supplying the bladder, bowel and sexual function.

The following symptoms are common during pregnancy and post-natal, but can very rarely, mean something more serious such as Cauda Equina Syndrome. It is important to share this with you.
  • Loss of feelings/ pins and needles between your inner thighs or genitals
  • Numbness in or around your back passage or buttocks
  • Altered feeling when using toilet paper to wipe yourself
  • Not knowing when your bladder is either full or empty
  • Increasing difficulty when you are trying to urinate that is not normal for you
  • Increasing difficulty when you try to stop or control your flow of urine that is not normal for you
  • Loss of sensation when you pass urine ( when you wee/pee)
  • Leaking urine or recent need to use pads that is not normal for you
  • Inability to stop a bowel movement or leaking that is not normal for you
  • Loss of sensation when you pass a bowel movement (have a poo)
  • Change in ability to climax, feel internal sensation if female, or if male, to achieve an erection or ejaculate
  • Loss of sensation in genitals during sexual intercourse (Is this same as above?)
If you have back and/or leg pain and have any new symptoms listed above or noticed they have become worse in the past 14 days, seek help immediately at your local A&E department. Identification and subsequent urgent action is required to avoid permanent damage.

Personal Details

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Are you registered with a GP?*(Required)
You have said that you do not have a GP. Would you like to provide us with more information?
At which hospital would you prefer to receive any physiotherapy appointments, if needed?*(Required)
Your Address*(Required)
Do you have a telephone number?*(Required)
May we leave a voicemail?*(Required)
Are you happy to be contacted by email?
Select "Yes" if you are happy for us to contact you via email OR if you would like a copy of this form sent to your email once submitted.
Would you like a copy of this completed form sent to your email?
Is someone helping you fill in this form?
Have you attended the physio antenatal back group previously?
This may have been a virtual (online) or in person session led by a NHS physiotherapy team member.
Would you like to attend a physio antenatal back group?
Are you Antenatal or postnatal?
Are you already under the care of the Physiotherapy team and wanting to get back in touch?*(Required)

Please help us to provide information about the physio team whose care you are under in the final box of the form.
Are you a health professional filling in this form?

If you are a member of staff referring on behalf of a patient, please give us the following details:

Antenatal

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Where are you booked to give birth?
Type of care?

Postnatal

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Where did you give birth?

What sort of birth did you have?
Did you experience the following
What type of tear

Symptoms

If you have any vaginal bleeding or fluid loss, reduced baby movements or your baby is not moving as normal, please contact Maternity Advice Line on 0300 369 0388

Within this section, we ask you questions regarding your symptoms and pain. Please be as honest as possible so we can get you the help you need. Call NHS 111 if you think you need medical help right now. They will direct you to the best place to get help if you cannot contact your GP during the day, or when your GP is closed (out-of-hours). If you are in a life-threatening emergency, call 999.

Symptoms continued

Are you unable to walk due to pain?*(Required)
Unable to walk due to pain:
Are you unable to care for children or other dependants due to symptoms?*(Required)
Is your sleep is disrupted by the pain?*(Required)
My sleep is disrupted by the pain:*(Required)
Do you have pain at the front of your pelvis?
The pain at the front of my pelvis:
Do you have lower back pain?
My lower back pain
Has your lower back pain been getting worse in the last 2 weeks?
Do you have leg pain?
Leg pain is pain that is felt below the knee.
My leg pain is:
My leg pain:
Has your leg pain been getting worse in the last 2 weeks?
Do you have hip pain?
My hip pain

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Do you have pain in the buttock area?
My buttock pain:
Do you have numbness or tingling in your fingers?
The numbness or tingling in my fingers:
Do you have numbness or tingling in your legs and feet?
The numb or tingling in my legs and feet:
Do you have pain in the ribs or between the shoulder blades?
The pain in the ribs or between the shoulder blades:
Do you have any of the following pelvic floor, bladder or bowel issues?*(Required)
Are you unable to care for children or other dependants due to symptoms?*(Required)
Have you noticed any loss of feeling, or numbness in or around back passage or buttocks or pins and needles between upper thighs and genitals?*(Required)
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Are your symptoms…? (Please tick as appropriate)

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When you submit the form it will go to the Physio department that you chose at the start of this form.
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