Okay so here's the thing nobody tells you about becoming a physio who specialises in pelvic health. You bring it up at a dinner party and the table goes dead silent for two seconds, then suddenly everyone has a question. A real one. The kind they've never asked anyone else out loud.
That's basically my whole career in one sentence.
I'm Talya, and I run a physio practice in Johannesburg where we treat everything from a stiff neck after a bad night's sleep to the stuff people whisper about. Back pain. Running injuries. Headaches that won't quit. And yes, pelvic floors, periods, pregnancy, postpartum bodies, and the pain people are told to just “push through.”
Why I started this practice the way I did
Somewhere along the line, women especially got taught that discomfort is just part of the deal. Painful periods? Normal. Leaking when you sneeze? Normal, apparently, if you've had a baby. Pelvic pain during sex? Something you're supposed to quietly live with.
None of that is normal. It's common, sure. Common and normal are not the same thing, and that gap is basically why I got into this field in the first place.
On the flip side, I also see people who've been told their back pain means their spine is “damaged” or that they'll “never run again,” when honestly, with the right plan, that's rarely the full story either.
So that's the mission behind this blog. Not to sell you anything. Just to say the things I say in the treatment room, out loud, to more people, because you shouldn't need an appointment to learn that your body isn't broken.
What to expect every couple of weeks
- Ask Talya — your actual questions, the ones you've been too awkward to Google, answered properly.
- How To — simple, practical guides for the stuff that actually helps. Real exercises, real explanations, no fluff.
- Myth vs Fact — because the internet is full of physio “advice” that needs to die quietly. We're here for that.
If something in this blog makes you go “wait, is that me?”, that's kind of the point. Drop us a message, send a question for Ask Talya, or just book in. Either way, welcome. Glad you're here.
