26 Manor Green
Harwell
Oxon
OX11 ODQ

Tel: 01235 820921
Web: www.pelvicpartnership.org.uk

The Pelvic Partnership is a charity registered in England and run by women with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD), now known as Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP), for women with PGP and their families and carers. They encourage women to seek treatment and advice early to minimise the impact of their pain.

Their aims are:

• To provide support and information about PGP to women with PGP and their families and carers.
• To inform healthcare professionals about PGP and to encourage evidence-based practice among all health professionals caring for women with PGP.
• To raise general awareness of PGP and the benefits of manual therapy for treating PGP which is usually a mechanical problem and responds well to treatment.

They provide a telephone helpline with answering machine, which is manned by women with personal experience of PGP.

They have written information leaflets available free of charge to women with PGP. These leaflets are available via the website or by ringing the helpline:

Information leaflets include:

• About PGP: a leaflet about how to manage PGP, planning for labour and postnatal care.
• Pain management.
• Family and friends: a leaflet about how they can help.

They also produce a quarterly newsletter with articles about different aspects of PGP.

It is run by volunteers, most of whom have personal experience of PGP.