I’ve written before about how effective a mind body approach is for chronic pelvic pain relief, including vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, pelvic floor dysfunction, painful sex, pudendal neuralgia, etc. But lasting pelvic pain relief is not the only benefit of a...
If you’re like most of the women I’ve worked with, you may be missing one very important ingredient from your pelvic pain treatment plan…. YOU. Your thoughts, opinions, and most importantly gut feelings about what treatments and providers are right for you. And which...
Today I am excited to share a guest post with you from Stephanie Prendergast, MPT, co-founder of the Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center, and co-author of the newly released book, Pelvic Pain Explained. (I just received my copy today!) Stephanie will be a guest...
Our natural tendency when something is wrong, especially something with our body, (like pelvic pain) is to retreat into and rely on our mind. Which makes perfect sense not only because we’ve been taught to value our intellect and our problem solving abilities over our...
If you’re suffering with vulvodynia or another chronic pelvic pain syndrome you are probably all too familiar with the frustration of having your day to day activities limited by your pain. Maybe, like many of the women I work with, your symptoms are aggravated by...