Why Pelvic Pain Hurts: Neuroscience Education for Patients with Pelvic Pain

Neuroscience Education to Help You Understand Pelvic Pain and Treat it Using Healthy Lifestyle Changes You Can Do TodayPain is a normal human experience and is a powerful motivator that encourages us to stop, pay attention, and take care of a problem. However, living in pain is not normal. Pain―particularly pelvic pain―can be frustrating, scary and exhausting. If you are experiencing pelvic pain, this book will help you weave through the stigma and complexities of chronic pain to discover what’s causing your pain and start your journey to recovery.The more you know about pain, the better off you’ll be. Written by a pain neuroscience expert and pelvic pain specialists, this book teaches you the truth about your chronic pelvic pain: what it is, how the brain and nervous system collaborate to create pain, and how you can finally find relief.In Why Pelvic Pain Hurts: Neuroscience Education for Patients with Pelvic Pain you’ll learn:What the different types of pelvic pain areHow the brain processes painHow your body’s alarm system worksWhat can cause nerves to be extra sensitive and how that makes your body’s alarm system extra sensitiveHow prolonged pain can cause symptoms like mood swings, appetite changes, fatigue, stomach sensitivity and moreWhat makes pelvic pain particularly stressfulLifestyle changes that can help treat pain including knowledge, breathing and relaxation, pelvic floor exercises, sleep and moreHow to set realistic goals and safely and effectively move towards themPelvic pain has orthopedic, gynecological, gastrointestinal, urological and neuropathic considerations, but these specialties all have one thing in common―the pain system. Since the issue is pelvic pain, you need to understand how pain works. This book will provide you with the education and tools to move better, function better, experience less pain and have an increased ability and interest in healthy exercise and movement.Written by Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD; Sandra Hilton, PT, DPT, MS; and Carolyn Vandyken, PT, Cred MDT, CCMA (acup). Illustrated. Softcover; 72 pages. Published On: 2023-10-09 Read more