The second edition of this classic physiotherapy text for undergraduate students, junior physiotherapists, and practitioners specializing in obstetrics and gynecology explores the scientific, philosophical, and practical basis behind all aspects of clinical intervention. This book contains a detailed anatomical deion of the female reproductive and urinary tract with the associated structures along with the physiology of reproduction and pregnancy with a thorough account of the physiotherapists' role.

Key Features

* Amazingly thorough coverage of the physiotherapist's role in obstetrics and gynecology make this resource the definitive one of its kind. Information includes detailed anatomical deions of the female reproductive, urinary and lower intestinal tracts together with associated structures.

* Material on the physiology of reproduction, pregnancy, parturition, the puerperium, menopause, and more makes this text the definitive resource of its kind.

* Practical content features a reasoned account of the physiotherapist's role preconceptually, through the reproductive cycle, to the middle years and beyond.

* Comprehensive coverage includes a wide range of gynecological pathologies and relevant surgeries.

* Detailed coverage of treatment of incontinence provides helpful knowledge to any practitioner.

New to this Edition

Information has been updated to reflect modern practice and recent changes in the electrotherapy machines used in labor.

Table of Contents

* Preface to second edition

* Preface to first edition

* Foreword to second edition

* Foreword to first edition

Introduction

1. Anatomy

2. Physiology of pregnancy

3. Physical and physiological changes of labor and the puerperium

4. The antenatal period

5. Relieving pregnancy discomforts

6. Preparation for labor

7. The postnatal period

8. The Climacteric

9. Common gynecological surgery

10. Gynecological surgery

11. Urinary function and dysfunction

12. Bowel function and dysfunction

Appendix 1: ICS The Standardization of Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Function 2002

Appendix 2: ICS The Standardization of Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Function 1989

Index