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Women’s Health Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond!
Latha Balasundaram heads the Physiotherapy Department at Fernandez Foundation. She is also a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Lactation Counsellor and Pelvic Floor Specialist. She has done her Master’s in Physiotherapy in Adult and PaediatricNeurology but over the years developed an interest for working in the field of Physiotherapy catering to Women’s Health and Paediatrics. In the last 13 years of her experience apart from working in the area of Adult Musculoskeletal issues and Paediatric Rehabilitation, she has treated women with various conditions experienced through Antenatal and Post-natal period. She also has worked with numerous women to maximize their chances of attempting and experiencing a normal vaginal birth. Through her work as a Pelvic Floor Specialist, she contributes to the less talked about problems that women face in their post-natal period and in older women such as pelvic organ prolapse, chronic pain and incontinence issues. Apart from being passionate about working as a Physiotherapist, she also finds her work with implementing and teaching the Lamaze curriculum for Child Birth Education classes at Fernandez Foundation and supporting new mother’s as a Lactation Specialist, very gratifying. She works passionately in multiple areas supporting women and empowering them in their journey leading to pregnancy, birth and beyond! 54 OCTOBER, 2020 TULIP
