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Are you going to see a women’s pelvic health physiotherapist?

Written by Jane Appleyard, Chartered Physiotherapist About the author Find out what to expect from your appointment and five top tips about how to make the most of it. Tip One Be prepared to talk about your symptoms, decide which ones are most ‘bothersome’ and how long they’ve been an issue in your life. Understanding the types of symptoms you experience and hearing you describe them is a really important part of the assessment process. It helps your physiotherapist begin to piece together a ‘clinical...

Christmas at de Smit Medical

How our team has grown since last year! Wishing all our customers and suppliers a Happy Christmas and New Year from all at de Smit Medical. Here's a reminder of our opening hours over the festive period this year: 24th December: 9am-1pm 25th-29th December: closed 30th December: 9am-5pm 31st December: 9am-1pm 1st January: closed 2nd January 2019: usual business hours (9am-5pm)

Our last clinical training course of the year ❄️

That's a wrap for 2019! Our last clinical training course of the year took place this week - thank you to the delegates who attended the 'use of biofeedback and NMES in the treatment of bladder and bowel dysfunction' course. Consultant Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Julia Herbert wrote and presented the course, covering the theory of biofeedback and neuromuscular electrical stimulation, anatomy and physiology, with case studies and a demonstration on how to use home and clinic-based devices. Delegates then had a...

‘Well taught, easy to understand and engaging throughout’

Last week we held two clinical training courses; the practical assessment of female pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and the practical anorectal assessment of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction. The latter is a two day course covering a range of topics relating to the pelvic floor complex and bowel, including a practical session on the second day. We ask all our delegates to leave an evaluation form after they have completed a training course with us. It's a great way for us to...

‘I have learnt so much’

Ten delegates arrived on Tuesday afternoon for the fully booked 'Practical assessment of female pelvic floor dysfunction' training course. The one-and-a-half day course is taught by Consultant Pelvic Health Physio, Julia Herbert, who has over thirty years' experience in the field. The course covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy & physiology of the pelvic floor complex and bladder and also involves a voluntary practical session where the assessment is demonstrated and practised. 'Excellent study days - really helpful...

An Overview of Biofeedback

Written by Jane Appleyard, Chartered Physiotherapist About the author Biofeedback explained A treatment often promoted in the world of health, biofeedback has been proven to be a powerful, drug-free treatment with no known side effects. It is a really effective way of treating a diverse number of health issues and is often described as a ‘mind-body’ technique that involves the use of sight, sound or touch to enable us to gain control over our bodily functions. Practically everyone has heard about the problem people experience...

Brexit Planning Update

de Smit Medical take the potential implications of Brexit very seriously and as such have planned accordingly: We have increased the capacity of our warehousing facility. We have increased our stockholding of all products in order to satisfy potential demand. We have increased our stockholding of spare parts in order to satisfy potential demand. All sales and service parts and servicing are held and carried out at our offices in Bristol. The BioCon range of bladder scanners are produced...

‘Exceeded my expectations’ – Training days at de Smit Medical

'I was sent by the Continence Lead who highly recommended the female pelvic floor course and she was right!' - Continence Specialist Nurse. Last week, de Smit Medical welcomed two groups of delegates to its training facility in Bristol for the female pelvic floor and lower bowel training courses. Written and given by Specialist Continence Physio Julia Herbert, the respective courses involved a practical assessment of female pelvic floor dysfunction and anorectal assessment of pelvic floor dysfunction. Thank you to all the...

New paediatric training day receives great feedback

Friday 31st May saw the very first training day on the Advanced Practice in the Management of Paediatric Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction, run by Specialist Continence Advisor, Julia Herbert. Thank you to all who attended and for your encouraging reviews of the new course: "My thanks! What a great day - will recommend to all bladder and bowel nurses and health care professionals! Really excellent to have all the references so I can go back and do further reading - I...

Our team had a great time exhibiting at the EBME Expo

MK Dons Arena held host to the EBME Expo this year and we really enjoyed showcasing the Datrend range of biomedical test equipment as well as the BioCon range of bladder scanners. The team had a great time speaking to biomedical engineers and other industry specialists on our stand, and our seminar sessions received a great response. A huge thank you our colleagues from Datrend and the team involved from de Smit Medical who made it a fantastic couple of...