Heal Pelvic Pain: The Proven Stretching, Strengthening, and Nutrition Program for Relieving Pain, Incontinence,& I.B.S, and Other Symptoms Without Surgery (ALL OTHER HEALTH)

very informative, and more importantly the exercises work! i've had a lot of pelvic joint pain for 5 years during and following 2 pregnancies. despite doctors advice that the pain would go once i stopped breast feeding, the pain started to intensify on stopping and i also started to develop back pain. to say it was making me pretty miserable was an understatement. i decided to purchase this while waiting for a physio appointment. i'm still just using the 1st set of exercises and i can only fit them in once a day (author recommends more) as they take me 30mins, but they have helped a great deal. but you really have to commit to the exercises - once in a blue moon won't cut it! i recently gave myself "a few days off" and my pain started to return pretty rapidly. i've had the problem for a long time and i think recovery will also take time. the exercises involve a lot of lying down (my type of exercising!) but it's all about increasing your flexibility and strengthening your core (my physio basically told me my core and stomach muscles are shot, hence a lack of support and hence all the pain). but don't worry it's not all sit ups - more leg and thigh stuff. initially i was shocked at how difficult i found it (i kinda thought i was semi fit - i've got 2 little ones to run around after, i walk a fair amount and i'm pretty average build). i was really struggling to just to get myself off the floor! but that has improved a lot, although i'm still getting some stiffness (think i'll go with a joint supplement). basically this book is access to a physio who is an expert in her field and it's a great buy. it'll give you some really valuable tools to aid recovery. well it has for me :)

Bought this book for my son, thought he probably wouldn’t be interested, but I wanted to do something to help him, he did use the book and reported back quickly that it was a great help and he was doing the suggested exercises daily and felt in a much better place with his discomfort. I would recommend to anyone… give it a go!

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.

This book is full of helpful actionable advice for anyone suffering from pelvic pain of any kind. A large portion of the book is dedicated to stretching excersises, which actually really helped me (unfortunately I've not had the sticking power to keep doing them), but they really did make a difference when I did. Also teaches breathing techniques, and ways to de-stress, which is often linked with this problem.

I have IC (Interstitial Cystitis) and associated hypertonic PFD (Pelvic floor dysfunction) as of the past 2 years following a mistreated bladder infection that went haywire resulting in a bladder injury. I have been determined to heal and like everyone that has meant tons of research, remedies, professionals, books etc etc. We have to be careful with the hope cycle of IC and PFD because nothing is a silver bullet and often supplements or books don't do what they say. Anyway this book actually HAS Helped me!!! It is so affordable and I got it quickly on my kindle which was great. The information about PFD and the pelvic floor is not as thorough as "Migraine in the Pelvis" which everyone with pelvic pain should read ( it is not well written but the core information is crucial and excellent). This book here is well written, short, concise and the exercises are excellent. I am a former yoga teacher and I recently went back to hot yoga because the warm class took away pain instantly...but then I found myself in a terrible flare which I am still recovering from. I sensed that some of the exercises were helping and some were harming me..and that led me to this book. As I suspected (even though my pelvic physio didn't know about this) the ab exercises in yoga were making things far worse for me! I need to be doing only stretching around the pelvic floor and not tightening..anyway I was in a rough patch and I followed this protocol for several days and it really helped to reduce my persistent pain..so that I was able to get back to work on a project I had to postpone..I am still dealing with this flare and I have not been following the protocol because I wanted to see another better pelvic physio to do better analysis...but now I will go back to it. It also helped me mentally just to know there was SOMETHING I could do to get some relief during a flare...I found that some of the positions did not work well for me but most of them did, and then I modified to include deeper stretches I already know about. I also feel amazing during massage. I think this author knows what she is talking about. Keep in mind, pelvic pain is caused by many factors and so depending on what your factors are this may not work for you...but it's cheap and worth a read for sure...in case also you find some activities you are doing may be making things worse. PS my new physio got me a kabooti cushion..this is also helping...and I did bio feedback to actually see my pelvic floor muscle control. I don't think the food information section is useful as it is too general: anyone with IC should be following the IC diet and doing an elimination diet to find out what works for them and what doesn't , along with using prelief and other supplements to help the bladder. These things also helped me immensely. Anyway I am really grateful to have this book in my toolkit and I'm so grateful I found it when I did and that it gives me some relief. On a side note, because IC and PFD impact quality of life...what I like is that this protocol also addresses quality of life and wellbeing outside of IC symptoms....the stretching leaves me really relaxed and at peace..and doing more exercise only helps in so many other ways. So it's nice to feel that even if IC or PFD bring down my quality of life sometimes, some of these other things can add to my quality of life..and of course the idea is that it really helps with PFD. The other nice thing about this book is that it is designed for people with a too weak or a too tight pelvic floor and has separate sections for each. It's a really good one to try out. Good luck everyone! and best wishes for full healing to you!

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Super Buch! Informativ und kommt ohne sich ständig wiederholende Informationen und endlose Erfahrungsberichte und Anpreisungen der Autoren aus, wie sie mir in englischsprachigen Ratgebern schon öfter negativ aufgefallen sind. Hätte ich gerne eher gefunden! Falls man zusätzlich Rückenprobleme hat, sollte man meiner Meinung nach die Übungen vor der Durchführung mit nem Physiotherapeuten besprechen, da nicht alle z.B. bei Bandscheibenvorfällen geeignet sind.

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I bought this book as a last ditch effort to try to help the excruciating pelvic/vaginal pain I'd been battling for over a year from pelvic floor disorder. I had the constant feeling of a UTI with negative labs. Physical therapy that provided some relief for short periods of time, and medication that did nothing whatsoever, had me feeling hopeless and depressed that I'd ever get better. Being in the medical field, I have done extensive research on ways to find relief, and none seemed to be the definitive answer. Then I purchased this book. I did the first part of the exercises for relaxation. Within 2 days, my pain was 90% gone! Within one week, I was completely pain free. This was a miracle for me. I am now 2 years out and completely pain free. I continue to do the exercises here and there and more consistently if I feel the "twinge" of pain starting if I over do my exercise routine. If anyone is reading this review and is at his/her wit's end with frustration over the pain and hopelessness of a pelvic floor disorder, please purchase this book. Amy goes into great detail with regard to diet, stress management, exercise and is very adamant about following the order in which the exercises are done, so this is fool proof! If you are struggling and want relief, please give this book a try. I can't say enough wonderful things about how life changing this was for me!