Healing Prolapse: How Myotherapy & Pilates Support Your Recovery
Prolapse can feel overwhelming - physically, emotionally, and even socially. Where do we start? Who do we see? The truth is, healing isn’t just about one exercise or one appointment. It’s about working with a supportive women’s health team to rebuild strength, reduce discomfort, and restore confidence in your body.
1. Understanding Prolapse
Prolapse happens when pelvic organs shift from their normal position, often due to childbirth (very common), high-impact exercise, chronic straining, or hormonal changes. Yes - even in menopause. Symptoms can include heaviness, dragging, discomfort during exercise or intimacy, and changes in bladder or bowel habits. Do you avoid trampolines? Running? Or get nervous when you need to cough or sneeze?
2. Why a Women’s Health Team Matters
Recovery is rarely a one-practitioner job. Your women’s health team might include:
Women’s Health Physiotherapist/Osteopath – to assess soft tissues internally and assist in pelvic floor rehabilitation
Women’s Health Myotherapist – bodywork for glutes, lower back, hip flexors and other areas. Supporting muscle imbalances in your body, and help reduce compensatory pain
Pilates Practitioner – to guide pelvic floor rehabilitation. Rebuild deep core and pelvic floor strength safely in clinic
GP / Specialist – for medical support if needed
Working together, we address not only the pelvic floor but the hips, spine, breathing mechanics, and everyday movement patterns.
3. How Myotherapy Supports Prolapse Recovery
Myotherapy can:
Release overactive hip, glute, or abdominal muscles that pull on the pelvis
Improve blood flow to support tissue healing
Relieve back or pelvic pain that may be limiting exercise or daily function
Restore mobility in the ribcage and spine to optimise breathing (which supports the pelvic floor)
Support scar tissue mobility after birth (including c-section scar release)
4. The Role of Pilates in Prolapse Healing
Clinical Pilates builds functional strength and coordination in a safe, graded way. For prolapse recovery, this can mean:
Training deep core and pelvic floor muscles to work together
Rebuilding hip and glute strength for pelvic stability
Using breathwork to reduce intra-abdominal pressure that can worsen prolapse
Teaching movement strategies for lifting, bending, and exercising without straining
5. Your Healing Corner
If you suspect or know you have a prolapse, you don’t have to navigate it alone. The sooner you connect with a supportive women’s health team, the sooner you can start feeling stronger and more confident in your body.
As a senior myotherapist and clinical pilates practitioner at Aura Health Collective, I work alongside: women’s health physios/osteos and other specialists to support your recovery. My role is to help your body move with less pain, more confidence, and a foundation of strength. I warmly invite you to book an Initial consultation today to start your journey. Radiate and feel at home in your body again!
📍 Aura Health Collective – Women’s Health Myotherapy & Pilates, Melbourne
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