A Headache in the Pelvis

by Wise, David; Anderson, Rodney U., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780972775557
• ISBN10: 0972775552
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Natl Center for Pelvic Pain

Summary

This groundbreaking book describes the Wise-Anderson Protocol for muscle-related pelvic pain in men and women, a new and revolutionary treatment developed at Stanford University. The Wise-Anderson Protocol involves the treatment of muscle-related pelvic pain and dysfunction, variously diagnosed as prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic floor myalgia, interstitial cystitis, urethral syndrome, levator ani syndrome, among other related diagnoses affecting some twenty million men and women in the United States. Specifically, The 6th edition of A Headache in the Pelvis adds new research recently published in the Journal of Urology done by the Wise-Anderson team describing the relationship of painful trigger points that refer and re-create specific symptoms of pelvic pain, new research done at Stanford on the relationship between early morning anxiety and those with pelvic pain, and firsthand stories from women who have undergone the Wise-Anderson Protocol, along with other new sections.

Table of Contents

Preface to First Edition	p. 13
Preface to Second Edition	p. 19
Preface to Third Edition	p. 20
Preface to Fourth Edition	p. 21
Preface to Fifth Edition	p. 23
Preface to Sixth Edition	p. 24
Acknowledgments	p. 27
Definitions and Categories	p. 29
The old models and treatments	p. 59
A new understanding of chronic pelvic pain syndromes leads to an effective therapy	p. 101
The Wise-Anderson Protocol: Paradoxical Relaxation and Myofascial Trigger/Point Release	p. 151
Paradoxical Relaxation	p. 183
Trigger Point Release Inside and Outside the Pelvic Floor	p. 233
Pelvic Pain in Women	p. 317
Frequent Concerns	p. 367
Stories of patients in their own words	p. 447
More than you ever wanted to know about the medical science of chronic pelvic pain	p. 485
How to Contact Us	p. 521
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