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Bronze Medal Winner of a 2009 National Health Information Award
Stop your pelvic pain . . . naturally!
If you suffer from an agonizing and emotionally stressful pelvic floor disorder, including pelvic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, endometriosis, prostatitis, incontinence, or discomfort during sex, urination, or bowel movements, it's time to alleviate your symptoms and start healing--without drugs or surgery. Natural cures, in the form of exercise, nutrition, massage, and self-care therapy, focus on the underlying cause of your pain, heal your condition, and stop your pain forever.
The life-changing plan in this book gets to the root of your disorder with:
- A stretching, muscle-strengthening, and massage program you can do at home
- Guidelines on foods that will ease your discomfort
- Suggestions for stress- and pain-reducing home spa treatments
- Exercises for building core strength and enhancing sexual pleasure
About the Author
Amy Stein is the founder and premier practitioner of Beyond Basics Physical Therapy in New York City, specializing in pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic pain, and manual therapy for men, women, and children. A well-recognized expert in her field, she lectures nationwide and has been interviewed for NBC, the New York Daily News, and www.ourgyn.com. Amy is a contributor to the medical textbook Female Sexual Pain Disorders: Evaluation and Management, and she serves on the board of the International Pelvic Pain Society. She lives in New York City.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got this book because I wasn't feeling quite right,and I'm so glad I did!I had a bit of pain and thought I needed to do my Kegel exercises more,so I kept tightening up and tightening up,and as soon as I started reading I realised I had to relax more! The book arrived on Friday,and by Saturday I was feeling much better.We are always told after a baby we have to pull everything up and in,and never to let go sometimes!
Amy Stein has a series of useful exercises,and the first one is called the pelvic floor drop,where you just breathe deeply and let go,as if you are going to the toilet.This actually strengthens the pelvic floor,and is a great thing for relaxing generally.I found since I have been doing this I am also letting go of a lot of old anger and grief,which makes sense when you read the book,as it states that Eastern cultures see the pelvic floor as the place where the vital energy of your life resides.
I had not realised how many problems are caused by muscle tightness and are misdiagnosed as IBS,thrush,cystitis,and in men,prostratitis,when they can be cured by the methods in this book.
I can only say it helped my mild discomfort,but there are many recommendations from patients at the back,who had things like anal fissure and fistula,vulvodynia and interstitial cystitis,who experienced amazing relief and even cure.
I can't recommend this book too highly,and am going to tell all my friends about it!
Amy Stein has a series of useful exercises,and the first one is called the pelvic floor drop,where you just breathe deeply and let go,as if you are going to the toilet.This actually strengthens the pelvic floor,and is a great thing for relaxing generally.I found since I have been doing this I am also letting go of a lot of old anger and grief,which makes sense when you read the book,as it states that Eastern cultures see the pelvic floor as the place where the vital energy of your life resides.
I had not realised how many problems are caused by muscle tightness and are misdiagnosed as IBS,thrush,cystitis,and in men,prostratitis,when they can be cured by the methods in this book.
I can only say it helped my mild discomfort,but there are many recommendations from patients at the back,who had things like anal fissure and fistula,vulvodynia and interstitial cystitis,who experienced amazing relief and even cure.
I can't recommend this book too highly,and am going to tell all my friends about it!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Quite often 'pelvic pain' is assumed by some Doctors to be vaginismus with possible links to trauma and abuse. Before I started working for Kegel8 and StressNoMore I have to admit that this was my impression too. However working on the helpline and hearing the similar stories day after day, I started to understand how big the problem really is. As with all things pelvic floor related, there is a shame and embarrassment attached to it but in my experience it has a devastating effect on sufferers and their loved ones. Many women and men can suffer for years treating the pain with painkilling medication. Medication kills the pain, but does nothing to help the condition. Today we are more knowledgeable about addiction to painkilling medication so sufferers are looking for alternative solutions - I think Amy Stein has presented a valuable programme to help. Its not just a few exercises, it is a lifestyle change involving exercise, nutrition, stretching and massage. I would never say it will 100% work for every reader, because everyone is different, but this could work for you (but probably not if you just follow one aspect of her therapy i.e. exercise). Amy Stein has had a lot of success with many thousands of patients. Amy Stein and her colleagues have had to work really hard to get their message over to the 'conventional' medical establishment. Stein explains that Pelvic Pain emanates from muscles within the pelvic floor tightening and becoming shorter, and as the book states 'Far too many women head for the drugstore for creams to treat chronic itching burning and discharge - often with dire consequences - when what they really should be doing is the exercise programme within this book'.
There's a short chapter for men too. Stein says that many men who are diagnosed with prostatitis typically suffer with pelvic floor dysfunction and lists what aspects of her programme can help. Vital for men who have had prostate surgery because seldom are they told that physical therapy can help the inevitable incontinence and lack of erections they will suffer post-op.
Easy to follow, with case histories of women, children and one man. A must read if you want to discover natural alternatives to treating and helping in the rehabilitation of pelvic pain, IBS, prostatitis, endometriosis, incontinence etc.
There's a short chapter for men too. Stein says that many men who are diagnosed with prostatitis typically suffer with pelvic floor dysfunction and lists what aspects of her programme can help. Vital for men who have had prostate surgery because seldom are they told that physical therapy can help the inevitable incontinence and lack of erections they will suffer post-op.
Easy to follow, with case histories of women, children and one man. A must read if you want to discover natural alternatives to treating and helping in the rehabilitation of pelvic pain, IBS, prostatitis, endometriosis, incontinence etc.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I was looking for a natural way to relieve the symptoms of my vulvadynia and intersistial cistitis. I've been following the plan for a fortnight now and i think i am starting to see signs of improvement. It certainly seems a common sense approach, which is likely to help lots of people.It gives convincing scientific answers about why you are getting the pain and why the stretches and exercises will help. If you've been surrering from cronic pelvic pain i'd certainly recommend giving this book a go.
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Published 27 days ago by pauline manchester
Relief from pain
Practicing the 'letting go' and 'strenthening' exercises in this book, combined with changes to diet, has eradicated the abdominal pain and bloating caused by a flare up of IBS... Read more
Published 1 month ago by El
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This is an excellent book which has completely changed my life. I have suffered from pelvic pain for two years. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jacqui
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