Articles - de Smit Medical

A patient’s point of view: online vs. clinic consultations

The argument always used to be ‘how can an online consultation replace a face to face physical physio assessment?’ The simple answer is that is can’t! In the same way as online food shopping isn’t the same as the experience of wandering round the supermarket and checking out the produce before you buy. One isn’t better than the other; they are different, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. For a number of years some pelvic health physios have been...

Q&A with Chartered Physiotherapist Jane Appleyard

de Smit Medical works in partnership with Chartered Physio, Jane Appleyard, to provide informative articles and videos on the topic of the pelvic floor. Here's a quick Q&A for you to get to know Jane and her background a little more. What was it that initially made you want to be a physio? I wanted to be a physio after going along to a careers evening at school around the age of 13 years! Although my career has taken me in different...

Simple strategies for pain relief during childbirth

Chartered Physiotherapist, Jane Appleyard looks into some simple strategies for pain relief during childbirth, with a closer look at obstetrics TENS. What do we know about pain? Pain is our protective mechanism telling us that something unpleasant or damaging is happening to our bodies. We have millions of nerve endings, some fire in quickly and cause us to react to protect ourselves, for example if we attempt to pick up something that’s really hot and could cause a burn. Other nerve...

Coronavirus: Company Statement

Business as usual With regards to the business impact, de Smit Medical is constantly evaluating the situation with the majority of our business activities unaffected. These activities include: receiving and processing of orders, with stock available to fulfil this and delivery times unaffected. repairs and servicing of equipment. providing support via phone and email. creation of a virtual bladder scanner training pack. We are working closely with Trusts and tailoring our activities to suit a rapidly changing environment, including innovative ways to deliver our services. Preventative...

Sex and the pelvic floor: fact or fiction part two

This is the second of two short videos that both look at a commonly held belief about sex and the pelvic floor and come to a conclusion as to whether it's fact or fiction. In this video Jane Appleyard reviews the belief that sex will never be the same after a woman has had a vaginal delivery. The video also signposts women to the Mummy MOT website which provides details of how to find pelvic health physiotherapists who deliver...

Sex and the pelvic floor: fact or fiction part one

This is the first of two short videos that both look at a commonly held belief about sex and the pelvic floor and come to a conclusion as to whether it's fact or fiction. We start by checking the belief about the use of pelvic muscle stimulating devices and the claim that they are definitely going to improve sensation during sex. It signposts women to professional websites that provide details of pelvic health physiotherapists in their geographical area in the UK. Directory Written...

Our first training course of the year!

Training courses for 2020 began on Wednesday with the practical assessment of female pelvic floor. This ever-popular course was attended by nine delegates from various roles including continence nurse advisors, bladder and bowel specialist nurses and urogynaecology clinical nurse specialists. We ask for feedback from all our our courses so we can make improvements where possible - thank you our delegates for leaving such encouraging and positive comments about the course. Here's a few of the responses from our first training...

de Smit Medical wins Best International Distributor (again!)

Mcube Technology, manufacturers of the CubeScan bladder scanner range, have awarded de Smit Medical Best International Distributor of the Year for 2019. This is the second year in a row that we have won this award, and we are thrilled to be recognised for our work last year. We have really enjoyed working with Mcube over the past 10+ years, and look forward to many more years to come. Congratulations to the team - you deserve it! Here's a shot of our...

Biofeedback for the pelvic floor muscles

Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Jane Appleyard gives a simple explanation of biofeedback for the pelvic floor muscles and how this treatment can be used in re-education and rehabilitation. Jane also discusses the how the MyoPlus Pro and Simplex biofeedback devices can be helpful - you can find more info about these devices, as well as purchase or rent one, on our online shop. Written by Chartered Physiotherapist, Jane Appleyard. Find out more about Jane here. The information on this website is written to give...

de Smit Medical wins EMEA Dealer of the Year

Our supplier Datrend Systems Inc. have awarded us the Dealer of the Year Award for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2019. We are thrilled to accept the award, which recognises our work over the past year alongside Datrend's other worldwide distributors. Congratulations to the other winners and well done to the team here at de Smit Medical. Here's to another great year in 2020!