Walthamstow is in Waltham Forest, west of Woodford Green, and our clinic at 154 High Road, IG8 9EF is a straightforward journey east — considerably closer for E17 residents than travelling into central London, which is where most people assume specialist pelvic health physiotherapy has to happen.
Walthamstow residents are typically served by Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of Barts Health. NHS pelvic health physiotherapy is available through GP referral, with waiting time being the usual constraint.
Getting here from Walthamstow
By car: east via Woodford New Road or the A406 North Circular, then onto the A104 into Woodford Green. Typically fifteen to twenty minutes outside peak times.
By bus: routes run east from Walthamstow across to the Woodford area, often the simplest option without a car.
By Underground: Walthamstow Central is on the Victoria line, so a tube journey to Woodford on the Central line requires a change. Bus or car is usually quicker.
If travel is genuinely difficult, online consultations cover much of pelvic health work — with the honest exception of internal examination.
What we treat
Patients travel to the Woodford Green clinic from Walthamstow for the full range of pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapy:
Bladder problems
Leaking with coughing, sneezing or exercise, urgency, frequency and night-time waking. See incontinence physiotherapy.
Pelvic organ prolapse
Heaviness, dragging or a bulge sensation. Physiotherapy is first-line treatment for mild to moderate prolapse. See prolapse physiotherapy.
Pregnancy and postnatal
Pelvic girdle pain, birth preparation, and postnatal recovery including abdominal separation and caesarean scars. See postnatal physiotherapy.
Bowel symptoms
Urgency, difficulty controlling wind, constipation and incomplete emptying. See bowel physiotherapy.
Pelvic pain
Persistent pelvic pain, painful sex and vaginismus. See chronic pelvic pain.
Menopause
New urgency, leaking, dryness and prolapse symptoms in midlife. See menopause physiotherapy.
Men's pelvic health
Continence after prostate surgery, male pelvic pain and bladder problems. See men's pelvic health.
Back and joint pain
Low back pain, sciatica, coccyx pain and post-operative rehabilitation. See back pain physiotherapy.
After the six-week check
Walthamstow has a large young family population, and postnatal assessment is the most common reason people from E17 come to the clinic.
The point worth making is about the NHS six-week check. It is a brief screening appointment designed to identify complications, and it does not usually include any assessment of your pelvic floor or abdominal wall. Being signed off at six weeks means nothing obvious was found — not that your body has recovered.
Which leaves a great many women still leaking, still feeling heaviness, still with a gap in their abdominal muscles, still unable to run, and assuming this is simply what happens now. It is not, and none of it is untreatable.
A postnatal assessment covers pelvic floor function, abdominal separation, scar tissue, bladder and bowel symptoms and readiness to return to exercise, and produces a written plan. Babies are welcome and childcare is not needed. See postnatal physiotherapy.
Getting back to running
Walthamstow has an active running community, and returning to it after having a baby is one of the most common goals patients bring.
Current guidance suggests not beginning return-to-running before three months postnatal, and then only once you can complete a set of load and impact tests without leaking, heaviness or pain — brisk walking, single-leg balance and hopping, single-leg squats, jogging on the spot and repeated bounding.
If those provoke symptoms, that is information rather than a verdict. It identifies exactly which capacity is missing, and that becomes the target of the programme. Pushing through symptoms tends to entrench the problem instead of resolving it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get to the clinic from Walthamstow?
By car, east via Woodford New Road or the A406 North Circular onto the A104 into Woodford Green — typically fifteen to twenty minutes outside peak times. Buses run east towards Woodford and are usually simpler than the tube, since Walthamstow Central is on the Victoria line and reaching Woodford requires a change.
Is a postnatal assessment worth it if my six-week check was fine?
Often yes. The six-week check is a brief screening appointment and does not usually include any assessment of your pelvic floor or abdominal wall, so being cleared means no obvious complication was found rather than that recovery is complete. If you are leaking, feel heaviness, have a persistent abdominal gap, find sex painful, or cannot return to exercise, a dedicated assessment is worthwhile.
When can I start running again after having a baby?
Guidance suggests not beginning return-to-running before three months postnatal, and then only once you can complete load and impact testing — brisk walking, single-leg hopping and squats, jogging on the spot and bounding — without leaking, heaviness or pain. If those tests provoke symptoms, they identify precisely which capacity needs work rather than meaning you cannot run again.
Can I be seen online instead of travelling?
Yes for much of the work — diagnosis from history, exercise technique correction, bladder and bowel retraining, and programme progression all translate well to video. The limitation is that no internal examination is possible, so online assessment cannot grade a prolapse or directly measure pelvic floor strength. Where those would change your management, an in-person first assessment is recommended.
Clinically reviewed by Jency Sudha, Consultant Pelvic Health Physiotherapist & Biofeedback Specialist — last updated 26 July 2026
The information on this page is for general guidance and does not replace individual clinical assessment. If your symptoms are new, worsening, or accompanied by bleeding, fever or severe pain, contact your GP or NHS 111.
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