Beattie Street Health Studio

We’re wildly passionate about women’s health. Pear is an industry leading women’s health clinic offering exercise physiology, physiotherapy, remedial massage and small group strength and reformer pilates classes located on Brisbane’s Northside.

We are here to help bridge the gap between injury, illness, birth or surgery and returning to exercise. As a powerhouse team of women’s health experts, we can help with tailoring a program to start where you are, to help with reaching your goals, and to protect your pelvic floor health.

Founded in 2014 by Esme Soan, Pear is an allied health studio, and our team are the leading experts in Australia on exercise & pelvic health to support women through all stages of life. 

In particular, we support & work with women managing:

• Pregnancy, birth and postnatal care
• Cancer rehab (in particular, breast, bowel and gynaecological cancers)
• Injury rehabilitation and chronic complex musculoskeletal conditions
• Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Prolapse and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• Rehabilitation pre and post surgery (including Hysterectomy rehab)
• Osteoporosis
• Invisible Illnesses (CFS-ME, POTS, h-EDS, fibromyalgia)
• Chronic Disease Management including diabetes & neuromuscular disease

We are located on Brisbane’s Northside in Wavell Heights (close to Nundah Village & Sandgate Road) with plenty of easy parking (street and carpark) available, and our sister cafe Apricot Coffee next door. Our studio is quiet, private and air conditioned, with reformer pilates equipment, strength equipment, gym, private consultation and massage rooms. We are a child and family friendly studio so children, babies and partners are always welcome.

We recognise there can be a lack of support & social stigma for women who experience pelvic floor injuries, illnesses or chronic diseases, such as endometriosis, and want to help bridge the gap with our specialist training & multidisciplinary team between diagnoses, acute rehabilitation and long-term management.

We look forward to welcoming you to our studio.

Alex harnesses movement as medicine to promote female reproductive health, nervous system regulation, emotional and physical healing.

Creating a safe and nurturing space, she supports her clients through fertility, pregnancy and postpartum care, burnout, stress and anxiety management. Alex teaches yoga, breathwork, meditation and supportive tools for realistic, achievable and sustainable self care.

Having supported hundreds of women through the intimate journey of matrescence, Alex possesses a wealth of clinical experience, alongside a deep personal understanding of the physical and emotional challenges faced by women around antenatal care.

Her journey into somatic and holistic health was sparked by personal experiences of IVF, loss and fertility challenges. This background has equipped Alex with a unique approach, guiding mind-body and nervous system connection to complement medical approaches

Dr. Pree Benton is a registered Health Psychologist with over 10 years of clinical experience and a special interest in women’s mental health including: perinatal mental health, fertility challenges, eating disorders and body image issues, women’s pain, and trauma.

Pree appreciates that the perinatal period creates a monumental shift in identity and can bring up many new and old feelings to work through.

Pree supports mothers navigating:

• antenatal/postnatal anxiety and depression
• pregnancy loss
• worries about birth
• processing your birth
• adjusting to parenthood and changes in identity (matrescence!) •
• enhancing bonding and attachment with your child
• anger/”mum rage”
• body image and feeling pressure to ‘bounce back’
• relationship changes and sharing the parenting load
• setting boundaries with others to prioritise your and your child’s needs
• adjusting to returning to paid work

Pree believes the foundation of good therapy is connection. Therapy is about trust and honesty, and with a solid connection you can be supported to work through your challenges and find new ways to get your needs met. Pree’s approach also centres around the values of integrity, centering you as the expert in your own life, empowerment, advocacy and transparency.

As a mother of two small children herself, Pree has also personally navigated many of the challenges you may be finding yourself wading through.

Babies and young toddlers are welcome in sessions.