Chrissie Edley Physiotherapy

04/07/2026

So important to include awareness of pelvic health symptoms and prevention tips from early pregnancy- I love supporting thevillagemidwife. Sharing evidence based information with easy tips!

25/07/2024

Whether you are an elite athlete or just a mum wanting to get back to sport…

A group of athletes speak to BBC Sport's Laura Scott about being new mums and the importance of pelvic floor health.

02/12/2023

Just a quick reminder!

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29/11/2022

⭐️ Why do I include a women’s health physiotherapist in my antenatal and postnatal courses? ⭐️

I’ve been working with the amazing Chrissie Edley for 4 years now - ever since I started the antenatal courses in Bucks back in 2018!

I feel super passionately that a physio should have some input into an antenatal course where possible because pelvic health should be top of our agenda during pregnancy and who else is as best placed to talk about that?!

Chrissie also does a full hour on the postnatal course discussing your longer term postnatal recovery (we discuss the shorter term aspects on the antenatal course) and discusses returning to exercise/sex and how to look after yourself!

Chrissie is doing amazing things in the NHS at the moment so I feel very lucky to work with her! Likewise, I’m very grateful that the parents on the Bucks Village Midwife courses get to benefit from her knowledge and experience!

Chrissie Edley Physiotherapy

20/09/2022

Knowledge is so important to making decisions regarding your birth and recovery - help shape the future - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BXVZH8P
And no where to get support! An amazing charity!

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11/06/2022

12/04/2022

Have you seen our posters out and about?

They’ve changed a bit over the years to make sure we use inclusive language and we’ve added in all the different courses we offer in Buckinghamshire!

Let me know if you’ve seen one on your travels!

09/04/2022

03/04/2022

I often say to my clients to book nice things in for near the end of their pregnancy, for example a pregnancy massage or reflexology after 40 weeks because we definitely don’t talk about how much this stage of pregnancy can test your patience!

Some people call this stage the ‘time of Zwischen’ and there’s a great description of it in one of my favourite articles:

“She's curled up on the couch, waiting, a ball of baby and emotions. A scrambled pile of books on pregnancy, labor, baby names, breastfeeding; not one more word can be absorbed. The birth supplies are loaded in a laundry basket, ready for action. The freezer is filled with meals, the car seat installed, the camera charged. It's time to hurry up and wait. Not a comfortable place to be, but wholly necessary.

The last days of pregnancy - sometimes stretching to agonizing weeks - are a distinct place, time, event, stage. It is a time of in between. Neither here nor there. Your old self and your new self, balanced on the edge of a pregnancy. One foot in your old world, one foot in a new world.
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I tell these beautiful, round, swollen, weepy women to go with it and be okay there. Feel it, think it, don't push it away. Write it down, sing really loudly when no one else is home, go commune with nature, or crawl into your own mama's lap so she can rub your head until you feel better. I tell their men to let go of their worry; this is an early sign of labor. I encourage them to sequester themselves if they need space, to go out if they need distraction, to enjoy the last hours of this life-as-they-now-know-it. I try to give them permission to follow the instinctual gravitational pulls that are at work within them, just as real and necessary as labor”

- Jana Studelska

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P.S if you’re in Bucks, I recommend Jules Doran Reflexology for some pregnancy reflexology and MamaBabyBliss or Greene Wellbeing for a well deserved pregnancy massage!