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Bennett Fit Physiotherapy I have recently opened a physiotherapy clinic from my home just outside Stenton.

I specialise in Female Pelvic Health and Sports Injuries after a long career in the British Army and the private sector in the Middle East.

Imagine being good at something for years and then suddenly feeling like your body isn't doing it properly anymore. That...
22/10/2026

Imagine being good at something for years and then suddenly feeling like your body isn't doing it properly anymore. That's something teenage girls can experience as their bodies change 😭

Running is a good example.

As the pelvis changes shape and the hips widen during adolescence, the mechanics of running can change too. Something that previously felt natural may temporarily feel harder, less comfortable or less efficient.

And if nobody explains that?

It is very easy for a girl to think: “I'm just not good at this anymore.”

Then perhaps she stops.

One of the things I would love young girls to understand is that changes in how movement feels don't necessarily mean they have suddenly become bad at their sport.

Their body may simply need time, strength and support while it adapts.

Understanding what's happening can remove a lot of the blame girls can place on themselves.

Save this if you have a teenage daughter who is going through a growth spurt or suddenly finding her usual sport more difficult, or book an appointment via the website to see how I can help 🩵

I have two daughters in this age group, 15 and 12, so keeping teenage girls active is something I care about both person...
15/10/2026

I have two daughters in this age group, 15 and 12, so keeping teenage girls active is something I care about both personally and professionally.

I was very aware of exercise as a teenager myself and how good it made me feel, but now as a mum I probably appreciate the benefits even more.

One of my daughters is entering her first serious exam year and I can already see the difference that getting outside for a walk, going for a bike ride or heading to a weights class can make.

It gives her a break.
It changes her mood.
It clears her head.

And I want her to grow up seeing her body as something that helps her through stressful periods of life, not something she needs to fight against.

I don't particularly care whether my daughters grow up to be runners, weight lifters, hikers, dancers or anything else.

I just want them to know that movement belongs to them and their bodies are capable.

If you have a teenage daughter, what kind of movement does she genuinely enjoy?

If you keep ending up in the same cycle:**pain → rest → feel better → get active again → pain returns**it might be time ...
08/10/2026

If you keep ending up in the same cycle:

**pain → rest → feel better → get active again → pain returns**

it might be time to look at the bigger picture.

You don’t necessarily need to rest for longer.

You may need to understand why the problem keeps coming back, what your body currently needs and how to build your strength and capacity back towards the things you want to do.

That’s exactly what we can work through in a physiotherapy assessment.

We’ll look at the pain, your movement, your strength and the activities you want to return to, and where appropriate we can start working towards those in the clinic gym straight away.

Because the goal isn’t simply to feel better while you’re resting.

It’s to feel confident when you start moving again.

If you’re ready to get out of the rest–feel better–flare-up cycle, you can book a physiotherapy appointment with me in East Lothian through the website.

A big part of physiotherapy is working out what’s actually going on rather than simply treating the bit that hurts.My as...
01/10/2026

A big part of physiotherapy is working out what’s actually going on rather than simply treating the bit that hurts.

My assessments always start with listening.

I want to know when the problem started, what was happening around that time, what makes it better, what makes it worse and what you’ve stopped doing because of it.

From there, we look at how your body is moving and what it can currently tolerate.

That might include strength, joint movement, balance, control and functional movements.

And because I have a gym within the clinic, we can take that a step further.

If you want to squat, we can look at your squat.

If you want to lift, we can look at lifting.

If you want to get back to running, we can start assessing the strength and movement demands that running requires.

The aim isn’t simply to make something feel better on the treatment couch.

It’s to help you get back to doing the thing you actually came in for.

If there’s something you’ve stopped doing because of pain and you’d like help getting back to it, book a physiotherapy assessment through the website and we can start working towards it together.

One of the things I often talk about in clinic is the difference between rest and recovery.If your knee hurts when you r...
24/09/2026

One of the things I often talk about in clinic is the difference between rest and recovery.

If your knee hurts when you run and you stop running, there’s a good chance it will feel better.

But feeling better when you’re not running and being ready to run again are not necessarily the same thing.

During that time off, you also haven’t been asking your body to cope with the demands of running.

So when you go straight back to the same distance, speed or frequency, the gap between what your body can currently tolerate and what you’re asking it to do can be too big.

Sometimes the problem isn’t that you haven’t rested enough.

Sometimes you’ve rested for too long.

Good rehabilitation is about working out what your body can manage now, then gradually building from there.

If you’ve been resting the same niggle over and over again without ever feeling properly back to normal, a physiotherapy assessment can help work out what your body actually needs. Appointments can be booked through the website, or DM me to chat.

You rested it.It settled down.You waited until it felt better and thought, great, that’s sorted.Then you went back to ru...
17/09/2026

You rested it.

It settled down.

You waited until it felt better and thought, great, that’s sorted.

Then you went back to running, lifting, the gym, walking further or whatever you’d been missing…

…and there it was again.

The same niggle.

It’s such a common cycle and one I see a lot in clinic.

Rest can absolutely be useful, but if something keeps returning every time you become more active again, it may be that the symptoms have settled without the underlying issue really being addressed.

That’s usually the point where it becomes useful to stop asking, “How long should I rest this for?”

…and start asking:

“Why does this keep happening?”

If this sounds familiar, save this post or send it to someone who’s stuck in the same cycle. And if you’re ready to understand what’s actually going on, you can book a physiotherapy appointment through the website.

Pelvic health assessment shouldn’t begin with a machine, an exercise programme or an internal examination.It begins with...
10/09/2026

Pelvic health assessment shouldn’t begin with a machine, an exercise programme or an internal examination.

It begins with listening 🤍

Listening to what you’ve been experiencing, how it’s affecting you and what you want to be able to do again.

From there, we build the picture together.

That might involve looking at movement, breathing and strength. It may include an internal examination where appropriate. And now, it can also include real-time ultrasound.

Ultrasound can be especially helpful if you’ve spent months or years wondering whether you’re doing your pelvic floor exercises correctly, if previous approaches haven’t quite worked for you or if you’re uncomfortable with an internal examination.

There isn’t one standard treatment that every woman needs.

My job is to help work out what **your** body needs.

If you’ve been living with pelvic health symptoms and still feel confused about what’s actually going on, you’re welcome to get in touch.

The more you understand your body, the more confidently you can move forwards - drop me a DM to chat.

There’s often a lovely light-bulb moment when someone sees their pelvic floor moving on the screen for the first time.So...
03/09/2026

There’s often a lovely light-bulb moment when someone sees their pelvic floor moving on the screen for the first time.

Something that has always been hidden suddenly makes a little more sense 😁

◽ Sometimes ultrasound confirms that you’re contracting exactly as you thought you were.
◽ Sometimes we discover that changing your breathing or giving you a different cue helps you find the movement much more easily.
◽ Sometimes we can see that your pelvic floor contracts well but doesn’t completely relax afterwards.
◽ And sometimes we look at how it behaves when you cough, brace, stand or squat.

That visual feedback can be incredibly useful.

Rather than me simply explaining what I think is happening, **you can see it too**

Ultrasound doesn’t replace a full pelvic health assessment, and it doesn’t replace an internal examination where one is appropriate.

It simply gives us another way of understanding how your body is working.

And sometimes seeing it is exactly what helps everything finally click 💡

One of the biggest pelvic health myths is that symptoms automatically mean your pelvic floor is weak.They don’t.👉 Somet...
27/08/2026

One of the biggest pelvic health myths is that symptoms automatically mean your pelvic floor is weak.

They don’t.

👉 Sometimes the muscles are already doing too much and struggling to switch off.
👉 Sometimes they contract well but don’t react quickly enough when you cough, laugh or move.
👉 Sometimes the issue is coordination rather than strength.
👉 And sometimes other factors such as breathing, bowel health, scarring or nerve changes are part of the picture.

That’s why I don’t believe in simply handing everyone the same pelvic floor exercise programme.

First, we need to work out **what your body actually needs**

Real-time ultrasound is one of the tools I can now use in clinic to help with that.

The probe can be placed over the lower abdomen or externally alongside the v***a, allowing us to watch how the pelvic floor responds as you breathe, contract, relax or move.

It’s external, painless and doesn’t involve radiation.

Most importantly, it gives us more information to help make your treatment specific to you 👏

Drop me a DM for more info or book your appointment online.

You’ve been told to do your pelvic floor exercises.You’ve tried to follow the instructions.But there’s still that little...
20/08/2026

You’ve been told to do your pelvic floor exercises.

You’ve tried to follow the instructions.

But there’s still that little voice asking…

“Am I actually doing this right?”

I hear this so often in clinic.

The pelvic floor is hidden away, which means it isn’t always easy to know whether you’re using the muscles you think you are, whether you’re relaxing afterwards or even whether strengthening is what you need in the first place.

And that uncertainty can be really frustrating.

Pelvic health assessment isn’t about simply giving everyone the same set of exercises.

It’s about understanding what your body is doing first.

That’s where tools such as real-time ultrasound can sometimes be incredibly helpful - because they allow us to make something invisible a little easier to understand.

Drop me a DM for more info, or to book a consultation.

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Biel Park
Dunbar

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm

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+447591097318

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