All group class participants are required to undergo an individual assessment with a physiotherapist who has extra training in the area of Women’s Health & Continence.

If you are pregnant, postnatal or have pelvic floor related symptoms, the focus of this assessment will be on pelvic health. With an abdominal real-time ultrasound or a digital vaginal examination, the physiotherapist can assess your risk of prolapse and other pelvic floor related issues and put in place a plan to manage and reassess you until you’re at the point where you can prove your readiness for various exercise loads that you wish to return to.

This Initial Assessment will also include screening for bladder, bowel, sexual pain, musculoskeletal issues or injuries, and your exercise goals and aims. Depending on these results, the physiotherapist can delve deeper into making a management plan to suit you.

This assessment may also involve assessing some of the common exercises found in the class you're going to be attending to give you a chance to practice your technique in a more supervised way.

The assessing physiotherapist will send a summary to the physio class instructor so that they have all the information about what needs to be modified in your program and what exercise aims and goals you have. 

Already completed this during a previous pregnancy or postnatal period? We require this assessment to be updated since the birth of your last baby. 

Learn more here about the FitRight Difference and why we are so passionate about individual pre-assessments:

In order to attend our Clinical Exercise classes (either as one of 3, one of 2 or individual sessions), it is a requirement that you first book in for at least one individual assessment and movement session first. 

During this 45-minute assessment, your physio will take your history, complete a full body screening and offer an external real-time ultrasound assessment of your deep abdominal and pelvic floor muscles. Then your physio will work with you to determine the best exercise pathway for you and whether you need some more one on one input or if you are ready to exercise in a small group setting.

You are likely to get a chance in this initial session or sessions to try out the reformer and other exercise equipment and get comfortable with how it works.

This process ensures that when you are in a group setting, you are already familiar with some of your programs, you can progress more quickly, and you get more out of your sessions.