Hysterectomy Recovery Programme
Recovery & Rehabilitation — Southsea & Hayling Island
Specialist one-to-one hysterectomy recovery and rehabilitation in Southsea, Portsmouth and Hayling Island.
Women’s Health Treatment, Rehabilitation & Support
As a Level 6 Advanced Clinical Massage Therapist and Women’s Health Therapist, I offer one-to-one support that combines hands-on treatment, movement rehabilitation, education and lifestyle support. My approach looks beyond the scar itself, considering how your breathing, abdominal wall, pelvic floor, hormonal health, nervous system and overall movement may have been affected by surgery. Together, we work progressively to help you reconnect with your body, restore confidence and build strength and resilience well beyond the initial healing of the scar.
Your Hysterectomy Recovery Programme
The Hysterectomy Recovery Programme, offered at both the Portsmouth and Hayling Clinics, is a progressive series of four one-to-one sessions, with the option to add two further progression sessions if you would like to take your rehabilitation and strength development further.
The programme gives us a clear pathway to work from, while allowing each session to be adapted around your symptoms, your surgery and your personal goals.
Before We Begin – Laying the Foundations
Before we begin the programme together, you will receive my Laying the Foundations guide, helping you understand some of the wider lifestyle factors that can influence recovery and pelvic health following hysterectomy. This includes:
- nutrition and tissue healing
- bowel health and pressure management
- walking and movement
- sleep, stress and nervous-system health
- menopause and hormonal health
- vaginal and vulval tissue health
- vaginal oestrogen
- the emotional and psychological impact of hysterectomy
Session 1 – Breath, Pressure & Scar
We begin with a breath and intra-abdominal pressure assessment, looking at how your diaphragm, abdominal wall and pelvic floor work together.
From there, we introduce abdominal massage and scar release, alongside lower-body lymphatic drainage and simple techniques that you can begin using yourself.
Session 2 – Restore Breath & Mobility
We build on these foundations using prone and lateral breathing with props, alongside gentle mobilisation to encourage improved breathing patterns and healthy scar tissue remodelling.
We also introduce 360° breathing and a seated breathing meditation.
Session 3 – Reconnect with Your Deep Core & Build Strength
We begin combining the pelvic breath with deep-core activation and resistance-based strength work.
We explore the myofascial deep front line, open the front body with overhead breathing, integrate resistance-band strength work and look at the connection between foot health and the pelvic floor.
Session 4 – Deep Core & Strong, Happy Hips
We progressively develop your deep-core strength and bring in Strong, Happy Hips, helping to build greater mobility, strength and confidence through the hips and pelvis.
Optional Two-Session Progression Pack
If you would like to continue building on the four core sessions, the programme can be extended with two further sessions.
Session 5 – Upper Body & Deep Core
A more comprehensive progression into upper-body strength while continuing to integrate deep-core control, breathing and pressure management.
Session 6 – Lower Body & Deep Core
A more comprehensive progression into lower-body strength, integrating the legs, hips, pelvic floor and breath.
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Why Choose Ocean Flow Therapies for Your Hysterectomy Recovery?
1. Whole-Woman Care
Hysterectomy recovery is never just about the scar. I take a whole-woman approach to hysterectomy recovery, looking at the physical, hormonal and emotional factors that may be influencing how you feel after surgery, as well as the greater lifestyle factors. Your treatment is shaped around your symptoms and your personal goals.
2. Clinically Trained Practitioner
I hold a Level 6 degree-level qualification in Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage, with specialist training in the assessment and treatment of persistent and chronic pain. This allows me to combine detailed hands-on work with a broader understanding of how the nervous system, movement, scar tissue and pain can interact after surgery.
3. Women’s Core & Pelvic Health Rehabilitation
I have undertaken specialist women’s health training with both Holistic Core Restore® and Core Exercise Solutions, with a focus on female-specific core and pelvic-floor health and rehabilitation. This underpins the progressive breath, pressure-management, deep-core and strength work used throughout the programme.
What We’ll Work On in Your Hysterectomy Recovery Programme
Scar & Abdominal Tissue Health
Hands-on treatment and self-management techniques to improve mobility, comfort and confidence around the abdomen and scar.
Breath & Pressure Management
Learn how your diaphragm, abdomen and pelvic floor work together to manage pressure effectively and support optimal pelvic health.
Deep Core & Pelvic Floor
Reconnect with your deeper core system and learn how to integrate your breath, pelvic floor and abdominal muscles to create support, strength and power for movement.
Strength & Long-Term Resilience
Using pacing, graded exposure and progressive loading to build strength, confidence and resilience at the right pace for you.
Ready to Get Started?
The Hysterectomy Recovery Programme is booked as a four-session block of 75-minute one-to-one appointments, giving us the time and continuity to work progressively through the different stages of your recovery and rehabilitation.
The full four-session programme is £285. If you would prefer to split the cost into two instalments, just get in touch and I can arrange this for you.
Before we begin, you’ll be sent a detailed women’s health questionnaire so I can build a clear picture of your surgery, symptoms, health history and personal goals in advance.
Your first session includes a more detailed assessment alongside treatment. You can book this initial appointment online, and we’ll arrange your remaining three sessions together once we’ve started the programme.
If you already know that the programme feels right for you, you can go ahead and book your first appointment below.
If you’re unsure whether the programme is suitable for you, please get in touch and we can discuss your options.
Book Your Hysterectomy Recovery Programme
What Clients Say
Feedback from a recent pelvic health workshop attendee
“I recently attended a pelvic health workshop with Emma at Ocean Flow Therapies, and it was genuinely eye-opening. I finally understood how closely my breathing is connected to my pelvic health, and Emma explained everything in such a clear, supportive way. I came away with plenty of exercises, feeling informed, empowered, and so much more connected to my body. Highly recommended.”
