About Physiotherapy for Women
Unique physiotherapy clinic providing health care to women in every life stage.
Extensive women’s health and pelvic health physiotherapy clinic, with private consultation rooms, and a dedicated onsite studio for physio exercise classes
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Physiotherapy For Women
Physiotherapy for Women is a unique physiotherapy clinic providing health care to women in every life stage. Here, you’re listened to, seen as a whole person, and guided with steps that make sense. As both a women’s health physiotherapy and pelvic health physiotherapy clinic, our highly trained female physiotherapists take time to understand your story, explain options, and set goals with you.
Compassionate care led by experienced female physiotherapists
We see women across their lifespan, starting from adulthood at 18+ through your 20s and childbearing years, into perimenopause, menopause, post-menopause, and the later years where wisdom grows. The clinic is led by our founder and Physiotherapy Director, Rebecca Crawford, and supported by a team of experienced female physiotherapists. You’ll find kind reception staff, private rooms for calm conversations, and an exercise studio where learning feels possible.
We’re here to promote women’s health across every life stage; when you’re ready, we look forward to welcoming you.
What we do
We help adult women feel more at home in their bodies, through pregnancy and postnatal years, perimenopause and menopause, and the busy seasons in between. We commonly see pelvic floor concerns, bladder or bowel changes, prolapse, pelvic or sexual pain and the everyday aches that turn up in real life: neck, back, hip, knee, foot, and ankle. We listen first, then teach skills and build strength so movement feels safer and more doable.
Generous consultation times give space to explore what matters and shape a plan you can use between visits. Care happens in private rooms and in our studio, where physiotherapy led classes turn clinic learning into steady practice. We keep the pace calm, explain options clearly, and when helpful, we coordinate with other providers when needed, so everything points in the same direction.
Our physiotherapy services at a glance
Physiotherapy
Assessment that starts with listening and gentle testing, explanations, education, and hands-on treatment with helpful, easy exercises between visits and a review you can rely on.
Musculoskeletal physiotherapy
Neck, low back, mid back, ribs, elbow/wrist/thumb, shoulder/shoulder blade, abdomen, pelvis, hips, knees, calves, ankle, heel and toes concerns with practical strategies to reduce flare-ups.
Pelvic floor physiotherapy
Care involving the pelvic floor, bladder, bowel, and pelvis. It may be for pelvic floor weakness, bladder/bowel leakage, prolapse, pelvic pain, endometriosis, or sexual pain.
Pregnancy physiotherapy
Support for common aches, pelvic girdle pain, and staying active safely. Guidance adapts by trimester with posture, lifting and sleep ideas, plus simple practice between visits.
Postnatal physiotherapy
Rebuild the core and pelvic floor, and then return to lifting, work, and exercise. We check abdominal wall support and set gentle progressions, so confidence builds steadily.
Dry needling
An optional technique used only with your consent as part of a broader plan. It may help calm overactive muscles; safe alternatives are always available.
Physiotherapy led classes
Physio Exercise (Mat & Equipment)
Small-group strength, balance and confidence using a combined mat and equipment format.
Pregnancy Exercise Class
Sessions adapted to each trimester with breathing, posture and pelvic floor awareness (medical clearance required).
Postnatal: Mum’s Core & More
A gentle, structured return to movement with graded loading once cleared with a postnatal assessment.
Our approach to care
Care starts the moment you arrive. Your physiotherapist meets you at reception, walks with you to a private room, and helps you settle before anything else. We begin with your story; what brought you in, what feels hard right now, and what you hope will change. Then we examine gently and explain what we notice, turning worry into clear next steps you can believe in.
Creating an individual plan
Together, we set goals and shape a plan you can use between visits. Soon after the first or second appointment, you’ll receive that plan in writing, so you know what we’ll do in the room, what to try at home, and when we’ll review. Most clients see the same physiotherapist throughout, because steady relationships make progress easier. If a different skill set or leave means a change is best, we talk it through and organise a careful handover, no surprises.
Customer care
Treatment is paced to feel safe. Hands-on work is used when helpful; exercise is introduced in small, repeatable steps so confidence grows without pressure. Options like dry needling are offered only with your consent, and we’ll always explain alternatives. Between visits, our reception team is here to help with bookings and questions, and your clinician checks how things feel and adjusts the plan as life shifts.
Why choose Physiotherapy For Women
Women-first, across life stages
We see women across their lifespan, starting from adulthood at 18 years, into their 20’s, through their childbearing years, into pre-menopause, menopause, post-menopause and beyond, including the wonderful years of developing wisdom through aging! You receive support that matches what life looks like now.
Two streams of physiotherapy care under one roof
We offer a wide scope across women’s health and pelvic health, not just pregnancy or postnatal. We help you choose the right approach at the right time, so your plan stays in a positive direction.
Plan you can follow
You receive a written Treatment Plan with steps, time frames, and simple practice for home and work. It turns guidance into everyday action.
Continuity that builds trust
Most clients keep the same physiotherapist. If a change is needed, we explain options and hand over smoothly, so care remains consistent.
Studio classes led by physios
Small groups, combined mat and equipment, and calm coaching. Classes translate clinic learning into habits you can keep.
Easy access and friendly support
Comfortable bluestone clinic with private rooms, exercise studio, onsite parking, and a welcoming front desk that helps with bookings and forms.
Our story
In 2000, our founder, Rebecca Crawford, opened Physiotherapy for Women practice in Lockleys, focusing on treating primarily pregnant and postnatal women, as well as providing several combined pregnancy & postnatal exercise classes in the one venue.
Before and since opening, Rebecca developed hands-on musculoskeletal skills in hospital outpatients and private clinics, learned exercise therapy and Pilates, pursued ongoing CPD, and completed postgraduate women’s health physiotherapy training in Adelaide as her focus broadened to care across every life stage.
Employing and training physios
As continence care evolved into pelvic health physiotherapy with year-long postgraduate pathways at Melbourne or Curtin she began employing and training physiotherapists from 2010 so more women could access this calm, practical care.
Women’s health, pelvic physio and exercise under one roof
Today, the clinic supports adult women from across Adelaide with women’s health physiotherapy, pelvic health physiotherapy, and physiotherapy-led studio classes under one roof. The heart of the work hasn’t changed: we listen early, explain clearly, and make progress feel possible. We provide skilled physiotherapy for muscles, joints, fascia, and nerves; physiotherapy-led exercise classes; and pelvic health care for pelvic floor weakness, bladder or bowel leakage, prolapse, and pelvic or sexual pain, including endometriosis.
In short, we are a physiotherapy and pelvic health clinic for women in every life stage, delivered with time, warmth, and practical steps that fit your week.
Our mission
To make women’s and pelvic health physiotherapy feel human and doable: we listen early, explain options clearly, and turn care into simple, repeatable steps that fit real life.
Our values
Respect
Respecting each individual client who has specific needs
Excellence
Providing compassion, professional effectiveness & excellence in the physio care of the client
Functional movement
Promoting good functional movement as the greatest asset for healthy living through life
Individual needs
Ability to adapt a treatment or approach to suit the individual, within professional boundaries
Team spirit
Work as a happy team at front desk reception and within the physio consultation or exercise room, where a smile is the key to success.
Continuous learning
Always learning and sharing the skills within the team
Meet the team
The staff at Physiotherapy for Women have empathy for our female clients presenting to us for treatment of their physical condition and/or when undertaking an exercise class in the clinic.
We are passionate about maintaining healthy bodies and moving well through life. Finding the balance point that promotes physical and emotional wellbeing in all individuals is what we strive for.
Our team includes physiotherapists Rebecca Crawford, Amilia Krinas, Chrissy Mantis, Jasmine Cleary, Louise Rudgeley, and Sangeeta Sharda, our practice administrator Ele, and Linda from Reception.
Our service areas
Our clinic is located at 3 Rowells Road in Lockleys, SA 5032. We regularly welcome clients from the Western suburbs, including Lockleys, Henley Beach, Grange, Seaton, Findon, Flinders Park, as well as from nearby areas such as Torrensville, Mile End, West Beach, Glenelg, Cowandilla, and the Adelaide CBD. If you’re searching for a physio for women near me, we’re an easy trip via Henley Beach Road or Grange Road with onsite parking.
Contact Physiotherapy for Women to see how we can help.
Call us or send an enquiry and we’ll offer times that suit. Reception will book you with the right physiotherapist, explain any forms, and let you know what to bring. If you’d like a quick chat first, please tell us a time and we’ll call.
No referral is required. Private health rebates are available for consultations and exercise classes. For Pregnancy Exercise, a signed medical clearance from your obstetrician, midwife, or GP is required before joining.
When you book, we can share simple directions, parking details, and note any access needs. We’ll keep everything straightforward, so your first visit feels easy.