Dr Trish Neumann is a Specialist Women’s, Men’s and Pelvic Health Physiotherapist and a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists since 2010.

She graduated with a PhD from the University of South Australia in 2006. Her study investigated the physiotherapy management of women with stress urinary incontinence in Australia. The results of her study underpinned the funding model for the Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plan for allied health practitioners.

After over 30 years working to help people with pelvic floor problems, Trish has retired from clinical practice. 

She continues as director of physiotherapy services at South Terrace Urology, providing care for men having radical surgery for prostate cancer.

Trish is course designer and lecturer at the University of South Australia on the post-graduate course "Conservative management of pelvic organ prolapse".  This course is a world leader in training physiotherapists in  the use of support pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse. More information can be found on the UniSA website: https://study.unisa.edu.au/short-courses/professional-certificate-in-conservative-management-of-pelvic-organ-prolapse/

Her long time interest in pelvic pain led her to develop resources to help her patients. She created a program of pelvic floor relaxation training, which is available as an MP3 download (or CD) from this website. Her interest in pelvic pain continues with involvement in research at the University of South Australia. 

Trish has authored many papers on various aspects of pelvic floor physiotherapy and a clinical practice guideline, she has written two book chapters and has lectured nationally and internationally.