Amy Steventon

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About Amy Steventon

Amy is a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist with post graduate qualifications in Pelvic Floor and Continence Rehabilitation. She has worked in the area of Women’s Health and Continence for over 30 years. Amy is passionate about empowering women to live well. Amy has special interests in persistent pelvic pain, endometriosis, bladder pain, vulval pain, sexual pain and dysfunction, voiding and defecating dysfunction, urinary and fecal incontinence, overactive bladder, and prolapse management, as well as pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation during perimenopause/menopause, pregnancy and in the post natal period.Amy has been involved in research investigating transcutaneous tibial and sacral nerve stimulation for treatment of overactive bladder. She uses this treatment with appropriate patients in her clinic. Her other research involvement has been the role of physiotherapy management before and after Botox to the pelvic floor muscles.Amy enjoys teaching undergraduate physiotherapy students and is also involved in tutoring on the Masters of Pelvic Health, and the Post Graduate Pelvic Floor and Continence courses at The University of Melbourne.Amy currently works as a pelvic health physiotherapist at Jean Hailes for Women’s Health & enjoys being part of their multidisciplinary team. She worked for 17 years at The Mercy Hospital for Women & was involved in direct patient care, mentorship of junior physiotherapy staff & clinical research. At the Mercy Hospital Amy was a Senior Clinician, and clinical lead in establishing and then working as an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in the Urogynaecology Unit.